> The Purington is the brand of brick pavers used on most, if not all,
> Burlington brick station platforms.
I have documented Humboldt, Nebraska labeled bricks at multiple
former Burlington platform locations in northern Kansas (Haddam,
Morrowville, Concordia, Washington) and southern Nebraska (Diller,
Odell, Hubbell). Were Humboldt bricks used instead of Purington
bricks at these locations because of geography, or because they were
originally on Burlington & Missouri in Nebraska trackage? These
small-town depots/platforms likely saw little updating over the years
so I suppose that too could be a factor. Thanks for the interesting
discussion.
-Todd E. Frye
Baldwin City, KS
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@c...> wrote:
> Randy-
> The Purington is the brand of brick pavers used on most, if not all,
> Burlington brick station platforms. The name "Purington" was on
the brick
> (both faces???) and at a glance it looks like "Burlington"..
> The pavers were made in East Galesburg (thanks to all those who have
> responded so far with info and links!!!).
> Charlie Vlk
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Randy Gordon-Gilmore" <zephyrus@r...>
> To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 3:25 PM
> Subject: [CBQ] Re: Purington Pavers
>
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> >
> > Charlie wrote:
> >
> > > Does anyone have the dimensions of a Purington Paver?
> >
> > Is that a specific brand of brick, Charlie, or a type? I have a
brick
> > from the old Ashland platform at home that I could dig out and
> > measure.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Randy
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
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