Old photo of Rural Retreat

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Mr. Akers,
I have information that states the semaphore signals such as the one seen
east of the depot in the photograph were installed in 1918, so I agree with
your date of after 1920.

Ben Blevins
NS Signalman
 On Mar 22, 2013 3:31 PM, "NW Mailing List" <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:


> We continue our quest to find out when the Rural Retreat Depot had its

> tower shortened.  Some speculated that it was shortened when the depot was

> rebuilt (1868) after being burned by Union soldiers.  Yesterday we found

> the attached postcard that shows the two-story tower AND several early

> 1900's automobiles.  There had to be a remodel sometime between 1920 and

> 1949, so are there any records we can search to find out?  Thank you for

> your help.  PS we have a number of photos and a video of the 630 passing

> through on our website.

>

> Frank Akers

> www.theruralretreatdepot.com

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