crossing watch box tower.

Sat Sep 20 10:49:24 EDT 2025

He had a Bat Pole for the trip down :^)  Bur seriously, the gates were
lever-operated from "upstairs"
Jim Cochran

On Sat, Sep 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
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> Boy, o' Boy --  I sure feel sorry for the poor guy who had to keep going
> up and down that ladder every time a train came along!
>
> Carl Barna
> Emmaus, PA
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> Main Street Crossing (Highway 11) Marion, Virginia. Notice the War Time
> bond advertisement on the side.
> Gary P. Price
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> >   1. crossing watch box/tower (NW Mailing List)
> >   2. Re: crossing watch box/tower (NW Mailing List)
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 08:23:15 -0400
> > From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
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> > Subject: crossing watch box/tower
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> > I am looking for any/all information on N&W crossing watch boxes/towers.
> >> From the archives I have the following on actual and proposed locations:
> >
> > *proposed watch box tower & crossing gates, State Street, Bristol Va.*
> >
> > *Watch Box and Crossing gates Fleet Street*
> >
> > *Hyde Park Ohio*
> >
> > *Proposed crossing watch box tower for Boden Ferry Road X'ing, Norfolk
> > Virginia*
> >
> > *Harrison St. Radford, VA*
> >
> > *Proposed location of watch tower at First Street (Comers Crossing),
> > Hopewell, Va.*
> >
> > *Proposed Crossing Gates, Ashville , OH*
> >
> > *Proposed crossing gate and watch tower at West Ave. New Boston, OH*
> >
> > I am particularly interested in photos of these structures, but any
> > information on them will be appreciated.  I have been told that in some
> > cases, after they were no longer used at crossings  , they were removed
> > from their towers and placed at various locations for different uses.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Jim Cochran
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> > Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 12:09:58 -0400
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> > Subject: Re: crossing watch box/tower
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> > Jim,
> >
> > There were five in Circlevlle, at least one in Chillicothe, and at least
> one (almost certainly more) in Columbus before the grade separation. Other
> than Ashville that you mentioned, I wouldn?t be surprised if there were
> others in the Scioto Valley, especially Portsmouth.
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> > Matt Goodman
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> >> On Sep 18, 2025, at 8:23?AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I am looking for any/all information on N&W crossing watch
> boxes/towers.  From the archives I have the following on actual and
> proposed locations:
> >> proposed watch box tower & crossing gates, State Street, Bristol Va.
> >> Watch Box and Crossing gates Fleet Street
> >> Hyde Park Ohio
> >> Proposed crossing watch box tower for Boden Ferry Road X'ing, Norfolk
> Virginia
> >> Harrison St. Radford, VA
> >> Proposed location of watch tower at First Street (Comers Crossing),
> Hopewell, Va.
> >> Proposed Crossing Gates, Ashville , OH
> >> Proposed crossing gate and watch tower at West Ave. New Boston, OH
> >> I am particularly interested in photos of these structures, but any
> information on them will be appreciated.  I have been told that in some
> cases, after they were no longer used at crossings  , they were removed
> from their towers and placed at various locations for different uses.
> >> Thanks in advance,
> >> Jim Cochran
> >>
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