Hi Marshall;
It was actually National Carbide, and the trademark is prominently
stenciled on the side of a large storage bin/tank. (I have no idea if
that was a precursor to Union Carbide). There is a bit of a hill
visible in one corner of the photo, but not enough to scream
"riverbank". The photo is by LL Cook, a postcard, postmarked in early
1941, and offers a good view of the plant and trackage. There are three
Missouri Pacific quad hoppers with hatched covers on them. The reweigh
stencil on the closest appears to be 6-40. Neat shot. Hoping it was an
on-line Q customer. ;-) Rob
zephyr9903 wrote:
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> On Thu, 04 Sep 2003 21:07:34 -0500, Rob Adams wrote
> > I recently acquired a neat Circa 1940 photo of the National Carbide
> > plant in Keokuk, IA and am curious whether this plant was serviced by
> > "our railroad" or one of the other guys. Thanks in advance.
>
> I don't know the Union Carbide plant. Does the pic give any cvlue as to
> where it is? Riverbank view maybe?
>
> Marshall
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