Griffin Iron Mines, 7 Miles South of Roanoke, 1899

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Jim,  Have you ever seen a map (USGS or otherwise) that shows this branch?  I have 1890 and 1891 Roanoke County maps and it doesn’t show on either one.  Thx,  John Garner

 

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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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