Rock Depot (?) - Photo of the Grand Union Terminal Station

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I believe it is Rock, West Virginia on the Bluestone and Widemouth Branch. Even though a shelter shed is shown on Jim Blackstock’s list.

It was an actual station, here is one drawing showing it:

https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=196174

and this one showing the location and grounds for the station

https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=221099

They tend to list it at a 27x41 structure, the Pocahontas Division building sheet No. 9, as excerpted below dated approximately 1920-25, shows a smaller structure.



Which looks more like a shelter shed size to me. Since documentation is scarce, the photo is obviously a standard No. 2 second class combination station, which was first approved in 1895, I believe. The drawing is 1903 which is when the branch was approved for construction.

The 1904 report showed a depot at Rock was constructed. But that is an awfully short time for a depot to exist to be down in size that quickly. Perhaps an accident took the depot out and it was reconstructed with the remains? Certainly no record I can find.

Merry Christmas to all!

Best
Ken Miller


> On Dec 22, 2023, at 8:22 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> 
> Could this be the station at Rocky Mount, VA?
> 
> It doesnt quite match the 1970s look of the station from the Archives photo,
> but the station was shortened in 1962, so that is not conclusive.
> 
> Joe Shaw
> Christiansburg, VA
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