Roanole Coal Tower and wash rack

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Those facilities were not at Roanoke Shops.  They were at Shaffers Crossing, where locomotives operating out of Roanoke were serviced, and where a large roundhouse facility existed.  It's several (the experts can tell you exactly how many) miles out Shenandoah Avenue from downtown Roanoke in the midst of the Roanoke Yard.

EdKing
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  I was reading through a copy of "N&W: Giant of Steam" last night, and while looking at the aerial photo of the Roanoke shops on page 48, I did not see the large coaling tower seen in several of Link's photos and elsewhere.  I had always assumed (yeah, a dangerous path to walk) that it was in the area that is now east of Williamson Drive.  Based on the photo, it is not where I thought it was, or it is obscured in the photo.
   
  So, my question to the experts is:  Just where were the coaling tower, the wash bays and the water plugs?
   
  Thanks in advance.

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  John C. Abbott 

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