Montague's Cut

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This was posted on the "Blacksburg, Memories of the Way We Were" page on
Facebook. The question that came up is the location of Montague's Cut. Any
hints on where that might be?

A fun bit of Fire and Rescue history on page 9 from the "A History of the
Christiansburg Volunteer Fire Department 1911-1986"
"Later that year firemen had their fire encounter with radioactive
materials. Shortly after midnight September 14, 1962 men and equipment
responded along the N&W Railroad tracks west of town near Montague's Cut
where, upon arrival, they found fire in an express & baggage car. Radiation
was emitted from metal cans being shipped to VPI and the University of
Connecticut. No firemen were injured, but they were on the scene for twelve
hours and a special radiation team was dispatched from Fort Lee to check
for danger."


Bruce in Blacksburg
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