Griffin Iron Mines, 7 Miles South of Roanoke, 1899

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Probably the Castle Rock branch, which came off near where route 419 goes under the Winston Salem line to iron mine in the Castle Rock area of Roanoke County.

Best
Ken Miller

> On Dec 21, 2020, at 6:47 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> Railroad Gazette, vol. 31, p. 650, Sept 15, 1899, carries this brief:
>  
> **A three mile branch is reported under construction from a point about seven miles south of Roanoke, Va, to the Griffin Iron Mines in Roanoke County.  W.G. Bear and W. R. Johnson are contractors.**  
>  
> Seven crow-fly miles south of Roanoke (beginning at the depot) would place one a mile south of Starkey, probably in the vicinity of Back Creek.
>  
> Anyone know where the Griffin Iron Mines were located, and if the branch was even completed?
>  
> -- abram burnett,
>         galvanic & electro-magnetic turnips, LLC
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