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Brian Norden

December 14, 2017 08:25AM

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GeorgeGaskill Wrote:
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> Interesting that the ice ponds of the icing thread
> are identified as a Sewage Disposal Pond on the
> USGS map. Now this may simply be an error on the
> part of the USGS, as topo maps are produced from
> airborne survey photography almost entirely in the
> post WW II period without any on-ground data
> collection.

Most likely an error by the USGS. The map for the Candelaria, Nevada, shows the former turntable pit, but calls it a reservoir.
BN

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Alamosa East Yard ng. rail?	John West	December 13, 2017 02:00PM
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Re: Refrigerated shipments from south of Alamosa	Russo Loco	December 13, 2017 06:34PM
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Re: Alamosa East Yard ng. rail?	Greg Scholl	December 13, 2017 02:19PM
Re: Alamosa East Yard ng. rail?	bcp	December 13, 2017 08:02PM
Re: Alamosa East Yard ng. rail?	GeorgeGaskill	December 13, 2017 08:30PM
Re: Alamosa East Yard ng. rail?	Brian Norden	December 14, 2017 08:25AM
Re: Alamosa East Yard ng. rail?	Earl	December 14, 2017 09:52AM
Re: Alamosa East Yard ng. rail?	Greg Scholl	December 14, 2017 02:38PM

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