Structure at Pembroke, VA

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Its the remains of a storage/loader for crushed stone I assume. August A. 
Thieme took some photos there (photos in his book "The Norfolk & Western - 
As I knew it" available in our online commissary).

Pembroke Limestone 0-4-0 (very interesting image)
http://nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=43147

Empty limestone train heading back to quarry (This is just west of loader, 
now approximate location of highway road)
http://nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=43148

O. Winston Link shot photos here as well. I found these that show the 
concrete structure:

> http://linkmuseum.pastperfect-online.com/37479cgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=03619E55-0CF2-43A7-B256-871319963988;type=102

> http://linkmuseum.pastperfect-online.com/37479cgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=90CFE13D-FFD0-44B8-9D91-249908905210;type=102


As I understand it, the N&W combo station stood some distance east of this 
structure. Archives has photos, but nothing scanned it appears.

- Roger Link


On 12/29/2010 10:36 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:

> There used to be a quarry of some sort at Pembroke (mining the limestone or

> dolomite), but I don't think I ever knew just what their product was (maybe

> lime?). Anyway, I can remember seeing a tank switcher (or was it a fireless

> cooker?) when we passed there, next to some sort of structure. My guess is

> that this was the structure I remember, and it may have been some kind of

> storage bin for whatever product they were producing. I realize this is all

> rather vague, but you have to remember we are talking about 55 years ago

> (more or less). Jim Nichols

>

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> Can anyone identify the concrete structure seen in this photo at Pembroke, VA?

>

> http://www.pbase.com/whitethorne/image/131462238

>

> Jeff Hawkins

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