Griffin Iron Mines, 7 Miles South of Roanoke, 1899

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Abe

The Castle Rock Branch Junction was 5.26 miles from Roanoke just before 
Starkey at 6.9 miles.  The branch was 2.79 miles long on Jan. 31, 1896.  
You can still see some of the cuts if you look close.

Never seen any photos of that branch.

Jim Blackstock


n 12/21/2020 6:47 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:

> Railroad Gazette, vol. 31, p. 650, Sept 15, 1899, carries this brief:
> **A three mile branch is reported under construction from a point 
> about seven miles south of Roanoke, Va, to the Griffin Iron Mines in 
> Roanoke County.  W.G. Bear and W. R. Johnson are contractors.**
> Seven crow-fly miles south of Roanoke (beginning at the depot) would 
> place one a mile south of Starkey, probably in the vicinity of Back 
> Creek.
> Anyone know where the Griffin Iron Mines were located, and if the 
> branch was even completed?
> -- abram burnett,
>         galvanic & electro-magnetic turnips, LLC
>
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