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HURRAY!!!   ;o)

I assume that must have been true of all the railroads who used the elevated watchman's towers.

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

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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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> Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 08:23:15 -0400
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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*
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> *Proposed crossing watch box tower for Boden Ferry Road X'ing, Norfolk
> Virginia*
>
> *Harrison St. Radford, VA*
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> *Proposed location of watch tower at First Street (Comers Crossing),
> Hopewell, Va.*
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> *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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> Jim,
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> 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<mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>> wrote:
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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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