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RE: (erielack) "Spanish" or "Mission" style tile roofs of the DL& W



> 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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