Watchman building or shanty

Tue Apr 18 10:42:30 EDT 2023

John

Crossing, bridge and cut shanty buildings varied in design over the years, but more or less a kind of stock example can be seen here:

https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=158710

and another view

https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=158708

An surviving shanty is in Roanoke Chapter NRHS collection at its facility in Roanoke.

Best
Ken Miller

> On Apr 18, 2023, at 8:16 AM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> Hi all,
>  I'm not real familiar with N&W practices,  I was wondering what kind of building or shanty would been used to watch an bridge? I'm looking for some suggestions on either. My wife's grandfather worked for the N&W out of Wheelersburg Ohio. I was looking for some thing little to have on my layout to honor him. 
>  Thanks for any advice or input on this.
> Regards,
> John Musgrove 
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