FW: Re: Concrete Mile Posts ?

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Ken,
     The drawing that you linked specifies the same milepost on each 
side, so, it must be a newer revision than my milepost (which has since 
been donated to the Roanoke Chapter) with dual milepost numbers .
My question is, when were the mileposts consolidated?

Jimmy Lisle

On 7/22/2021 9:06 AM, bigjim10 wrote:
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> Abe
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> The first place would be search our archives.
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> https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/listdocs/select.php?index=S&id=82 
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> The first standard drawing is 1916, revised 1926 and later revised in 
> the 1960s.
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> Where were they made, probably Roadway Material Yard in Roanoke. Best 
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> How much do they weight? A lot!
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> From what material were the earlier post made?
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> Probably wood is my guess, as they tend to look like that in the few 
> photos that show a post. The VGN drawing specified yellow pine, and 
> they began replacing them in the early 1930s.
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> Ken Miller
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>> On Jul 21, 2021, at 1:53 PM, NW Mailing List 
>> <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>> wrote:
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>> Anyone know the details concerning concrete Mile Posts?
>> - When were they installed?
>> - Where were they made?
>> - How much do they weigh?
>> - From what material were the earlier Mile Posts made?
>> Tach'mint.
>> -- abram burnett
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>> <N&W_Mile Post 415nr Roderfield 
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