N&W Concrete Mile Posts

[NW Mailing List]

Has anyone ever seen a county line marker I have looked but never have seen one.  I have Na46 mile post in my front yard. 

Larry Evans

"There's the sun, there's the moon, there's the air we breathe, and
there's the Rolling Stones"  Keith Richards

> On Aug 26, 2019, at 12:11 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> 
> The 1916 chain survey of the Pocahontas Div indicated that most mile posts were wooden. I don’t recall seeing any that were concrete.
>  
> Alex Schust
>  
> From: NW-Mailing-List [mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org] On Behalf Of NW Mailing List
> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2019 9:58 AM
> To: NW Mailing List
> Subject: Re: N&W Concrete Mile Posts
>  
> Don’t know about the first, but I’d suspect at Roanoke Shops for quality control.
>  
> The standard drawing L-142, Detail and Form for Standard Concrete Milepost was shown as issued on May 28, 1916, and issue 2 was September 28, 1926.
>  
> There was an earlier version of a concrete post sign, which were for the county line post, which was issued on July 14, 1909, so there might have been an earlier version. 
>  
> A search of the archives for “Mile post” results in several drawings, but the first that came up is the earliest
>  
> https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=101917
>  
> Indicates a triangular post, dated 1891, but is somewhat vague, and does not tell what the material was.
>  
> Ken Miller
> 
> 
> On Aug 25, 2019, at 8:23 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>  
> I always wondered where the N&W's concrete Mile Posts were cast.
>  
> Second question is, When was the conversion to concrete MP's done?
>  
> Third question is, What did the N&W's Mile Posts look like before they were concrete ?
>  
> Your obedient servant &c,
>  
>                  -- abram burnett
> Manufacturer of Transactional  #Turnips
> 
> ===========================================
>                   Sent to You from my Telegraph Key
> Successor to the MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH LINE of 1844
> ===========================================
> ________________________________________
> NW-Mailing-List at nwhs.org
> To change your subscription go to
> http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list
> Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at
> http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/
>  
> ________________________________________
> NW-Mailing-List at nwhs.org
> To change your subscription go to
> http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list
> Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at
> http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://pairlist6.pair.net/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/attachments/20190826/f7605026/attachment.html>