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Re: (erielack) Information on siding ??



Are we being used? What is the interest of Lynn Heintz?  In the DL &W
siding or the Union Carbide center to "test gases and equipment
(explosive properties)" ?

JB Ipe ELHS Member


On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 07:43:21 -0800 (PST), Lynn Heintz <ford35lh_@_yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Does anyone have a DL&W map from 1939
> to 1955 ,west end ?? Employee TT ??
> 
> I am trying to find evidence of a spur
> between East Bethany and East Alexander.
> 
> It entered a large parcel of land recently
> owned by Union Carbide,which was used by
> them and predecessors to test gases and
> equipment.(explosive properties)
> 
> One source told me that around 1960 he
> helped a welder at the site and he saw
> traces of an old siding.
> 
> A recent source was quoted as working for
> a local contractor,one summer,burying
> machinery,trucks and railroad cars that
> remained on the site.
> 
> A casual drive on the r-o-w in the past
> did not reveal any land formations,only
> brush.If it did exist,it appears that
> it was erased with purpose.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> LH
> 
> 
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