1950s Pokey Farm Coal Supply

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Abram,

Company coal loads were delivered by the Tug River Local, both out of 
Williamson, shoved up the wharf track, then dropped back past the hoist 
house for unloading. The wharf capacity was 250 tons and at least twice 
that on the wharf track, so the number of loads was a ready indication 
of when to reorder, although I understand average demand was steady 
enough that a certain number of loads was routinely sent out on the 
M/W/F local.

Grant Carpenter

On 12/2/2023 11:09 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:
> Hopper Delivery.
>
> The original Farm Coaling station was connected directly to the Standard
> Pocahontas Coal Company mine.
>
> Alex Schust
>
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> Subject: Re: 1950?s Pokey Farm question #2 - Coal Supply ?
>
> Forgive this question from an East-of-the-Alleghenies Hillbilly, but I need
> to ask ...
>
> How was the coal wharf at Farm supplied with coal? Was there a mine in the
> adjacent mountain, which shoved coal out through an underground conduit, the
> coal being then raised to the coal bunker by machinery in the white elevator
> house ?
>
> If that is the case, it would be very interesting to know how the railroad
> signaled when more coal was needed, and how amounts furnished were estimated
> and charged for... all information of which is now probably long vamoosed.
>
>        -- abram burnett
> Turnips are the New Victim Class
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