tank

Sat Aug 4 12:40:47 EDT 2018

It did feed water stand pipes on either side of the main line. See NWHS HS-CC10261.

Alex Schust

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Jim

I would suspect this is a railroad tank. From what I can see in the scan, it appears to be a standard design for a N&W 100,000 gallon steel tank as per standard L-283, introduced March 5, 1924.

I don’t have handy my later list of water facilities at the moment. There is a 50,000 gallon tank listed for North Fork in the 1915 list.

I suspect it fed water column(s) rather than a direct spout due to spacing conditions on the ground. I have not checked 

Ken Miller

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> On Aug 3, 2018, at 6:59 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> 
> There is a slide currently on Ebay showing what I believe to the the West end of Byrd yard in Northfork in Oct. 58.  
> 
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Slide-N-W-Norfolk-Western-Steam-Caboose-518037-Northfork-WV-1958/352407563723?hash=item520d20adcb%3Ag%3AK9oAAOSwM5RbTfeH <https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Slide-N-W-Norfolk-Western-Steam-Caboose-518037-Northfork-WV-1958/352407563723?hash=item520d20adcb%3Ag%3AK9oAAOSwM5RbTfeH&_sop=1&_pgn=3&_nkw=%28norfolk+western%29+-n.w.t+-n.w.a+-jeans+-tag+-tags+-shorts+-cert+-arrowheads+-dell+-coa+-wheels+-women&rt=nc> &_sop=1&_pgn=3&_nkw=%28norfolk+western%29+-n.w.t+-n.w.a+-jeans+-tag+-tags+-shorts+-cert+-arrowheads+-dell+-coa+-wheels+-women&rt=nc
> 
> Centered in the shot is a black water tank.  I would assume that this tank was for the town water supply and not associated with the railroad.
> Can anyone verify this/add any additional information?
> Thanks,
> Jim Cochran 

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