Back about 1920 the Portland Cement Association put out a very nice book entitled "Portland Cement in Railroad Construction". It had drawings of many all the DL&W concrete structures including , viaducts, Bush platform shelters, telegraph poles, etc. Also a fair amount on the CNJ and NH. The main message was that once built they were virtually maintenance free forever.....which certainly has been true as compared to wood or steel. The reall issue was whether you could afford them or not and the Lackawanna surely could at the time. Chuck Yungkurth Boulder CO - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Montgomery, Edward T" <Edward.Montgomery_@_fcps.edu> To: "EL Mail List" <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 9:57 AM Subject: RE: (erielack) Time to turn those calendars....Feb 2009, Pocono Summit > DL&W's use of concrete was far ahead of its time. Down here in > Virginia, Fairfax County Public Schools is replacing the tall wooden > light poles at stadiums with prefab concrete pylons. I wonder if you > can trace Lackawanna's experiments to what we see today. > > Ed Montgomery > > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List > http://EL-List.railfan.net/ > To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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