Have been following this string about the Purington Pavers with great
interest because my Dad grew up in Galesburg in the '20s-mid-40s, was a call
boy for the locomotive crews who didn't own telephones, and had various
great uncles who worked for the "Q." We spent a lot of time visiting
my grandmother there (we lived along the Q in LaGrange), sometimes took the
train down there, and I remember well the sound of the car tires on the
brick pavers when we finally left the highway and arrived in town after the
journey.
I sent my Dad, James Doyle, an email link about the Purington Brick Co. and
he responded that, coincidentally, his uncle, Omar N. Custer, owned
Purington Brick Company from the 30s into the 40s. Wished I had known that
because I would have grabbed a few pavers! But now I've discovered why I
might have had an even more particular interest in the topic. Bred in the
bone, or something like that.
Regards,
Steve Doyle
Twin Cities
"Does anyone have the dimensions of a Purington Paver? And even better, a
good shot of the herringbone pattern used on Q station platforms?
Was there a standard width for the typical between-the-tracks platform?
Most, if not all, had timber edging... do any drawings exist for these
standards?
Thanks,
Charlie Vlk"
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