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RE: (erielack) "Spanish" or "Mission" style tile roofs of the DL& W
- Subject: RE: (erielack) "Spanish" or "Mission" style tile roofs of the DL& W
- From: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 14:27:14 -0400
> I am wondering if anybody knows what color of roofing tiles
> the DL&W used on its signal towers, passenger stations, or
> any other structure with this kind of tile. Most of the
> older pictures are black and white, while many of the
> structures that survived to the era of color photography the
> roofs did not. A couple color photos that survive show "clay
> red" and green.
It seemed to vary between that terra cotta "clay red" and what appeared to be a green-glazed version of the same. I've seen pieces of the Port Morris' tower tiles on the ground, and they were of the green-glazed variety.
- Paul
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