Re: (erielack) Re: 'race plastics" on Totowa Industrial Spur

["Russell Hallock" <rhallock_@_frontiernet.net>]

Water treatment plants use considerable amounts of chemicals, including 
Chlorine (disinfection), Soda Ash (pH control), Alum (flocculation agent), 
and Flouride compounds.  In addition sand for filters  and heavy equipment 
might have been brought in.  If I remember right, the city of Newark used to 
get tank cars of Chlorine on a siding near Green Pond Jct. on the NYSW, as 
part of their water treatment system.
    RH
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From: <Charles_Walsh_@_Berlex.com>
To: "Todd Hollritt" <thollritt_@_yahoo.com>
Cc: <erielack_@_railfan.net>; <erielack-owner@lists.elhts.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: (erielack) Re: 'race plastics" on Totowa Industrial Spur


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> A couple of additional questions...did Vibra Screw (it's real name) ever
> receive shipments by rail on the Water Branch?  Also, I presume that the
> water company is the same one that is the subject of an ongoing murder
> investigation where one of the employees was pushed into a tank about a
> year ago?  This morning on the radio they said that there are three
> suspects.  Finally, stupid question, but what kind of shipments did the
> water company in Totowa receive or ship?  Water??
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>                      Todd Hollritt
>                      <thollritt_@_yahoo.co
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>                      erielack-owner_@_list Subject:
>                      s.elhts.org                 (erielack) Re: 'race 
> plastics" on Totowa Industrial Spur
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>                      02/09/2006 08:24 AM
>                      Please respond to
>                      Todd Hollritt
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> As a side note a section of the old DL&W "Water Spur"  is no more. This
> was the branch at the very end of the Totowa Industrial spur. A long
> abandonded and dormant section of track that ran from Lackawanna Avenue
> south crossing Route 46 and terminating at the Passaic Valley Water plant
> in Totowa. It last saw service in the early Conrail years. .
>   Due to major construction work rebuilding the Route 46 and Union Blvd.
> intersection, a large section of the spur has been pulled up or paved over
> in the last few weeks. One neat item that still remains is the wooden DL&W
> signal box on the south side of Route 46, Conrail painted it a horrid mint
> green color many years ago. It's days are now numbered I am sure!
>    When did the Lackawanna RR consruct this spur off the former mainline?
> I imagine it was biult to serve only the water plant. Later a few
> industries popped up along the spur off Riveview Drive and Union Blvd.
>     Fond memories of watching EL GP-7's creep accross Route 46 was always
> a thrill when they delivered cars to the "water spur" back in the 70's!
>
>  Todd ~
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