Re: Defiance Coal Company in Mentmore, New Mexico

philip.marshall Wrote:
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> Ted miles Wrote:
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> Here is a well known postcard view of the
> Greenport yard circa 1906. Why the 4-stall brick
> roundhouse didn't line up with the turntable I
> don't know, but the turntable remains in place
> today (minus the track connection). The Railroad
> Museum of Long Island occupies the former freight
> house built in 1892, just out of view to the
> left.
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> [attachment 52837
> Station-Greenport-Yardview-c.1906.jpg]
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> -Philip Marshall (also a former Long Island
> resident)

Would that make it a fanhouse rather than a roundhouse? Interesting arrangement none the less.

Wayne from Oz