N&W in 1910--Office building

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I thought that it was a retirement home for old Rail Heads.


Yes, I can understand"sentimentality attached". I grew up in Bluefield in the 40's and 50's. When I go there now I am sickened by what I see, or by what I don't see. Especially the metal butler building standing where the old stone passenger station once stood..

Gene Arnold
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  "Consumption" was an old name for Tuburculosis, which seemed to "consume" its victims.


  On another aspect of the story, It is kind of interesting to think of the sentimentality attached to a building that is all of 22 years old. Can any here imagine feeling nostalgia for a building built in 1988?


  Ken Miller


  On Jan 26, 2010, at 7:23 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:


    Anyone know what a "home for consumptives" is?
     
    Thanks,
    Dave Willis
    (blt 1962, c/n 4)
     

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