Re: Chama Turntable and Roundhouse -- 1998 Friends Study

Dick Cowles Wrote:
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> [P]utting up a replacement
> roundhouse would likely be acceptable under the
> preservation standards that the SHPO's and the
> Friends follow by making sure that the structure
> did not try to be an imitation of the original.

Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but why would a reproduction of the original be a problem? There are plenty of cases of historic reconstructions of buildings in museums, parks, etc around the world. Unless there is some reason why the original would not work for today's needs and would have to be heavily modified, I would think that a reproduction would be far more desirable than something completely different.

Kenneth Rickman
Researching and modeling the Danville & Western Ry.
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