Seems like I should know that there are Danvilles all over the place. GGpa enlisted in the PA Inf at Danville, PA, and after he married a gal from Danville, IL. So why didn't I notice the the url below leads to Danville, VA until I checked to make sure it worked after the copy paste. SORRY .. egg on my face ..10 lashes with a wet tobacco leaf.. ..well, now I wonder, how many Danvilles ARe there anyway .. maybe I will find THAT ON google.. ron in CA -----Original Message----- >From: "ron stone <blueoak@ix.netcom.com>" <blueoak@ix.netcom.com> >Sent: Mar 20, 2007 1:08 AM >To: ilvermil@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [ILVERMIL] looking for information on the tobacco factory that was in danville in early1900 > >Tobacco Auction Sites > > Danville's history and economy is connected to the large tobacco warehouses, which it make one of the largest tobacco auction centers in the nation. Today there are six large warehouses with over one million sq ft of floor space. Visitors are welcome to watch the auctions which usually occur between August and November. > > Neal's Warehouse > In 1858, this was the site of the first public auction for piles of tobacco leaves. > > Imperial Tobacco Building > 501 Craghead Street, Danville, VA > The Imperial Tobacco Building spans Craghead Street for 445' and runs 155' back alnog Newton and Colquhoun Strets to the Southern Railroad spur. The building consists of two five-story factories constructed in the late 19th century which serve as anchors to the two and three-story structures between them. > > JH Crosby Building > 502 Craghead St, Danville, VA > The newly established firm of J.H. Crosby and Bros. constructed a plug and twist tobacco factory in 1880. The 4-story L-shaped factory fronted on Craghead Street 75' and 85' on Newton Street. Tobacco was steam-dryed and sweetened with licorice on the 2nd and 3rd floors in the rear of the building. > > Continental Tobacco Company > 620 Craghead St, Danville, VA > In 1899, the Continental Tobacco Company erected a large 3-story brick prizery (200' x 85') on Lynn Street for the rehandling of tobacco purchased on the Danville market. > > American Tobacco Company > 618 Craghead St, Danville, VA > R. B. Graham, a Danville contractor, built the Harris Building for the American Tobacco Company in the early 1900's. The 3-story brick rehandling and redrying plant (65'x100') afforded the maximum in fire protection available at the time using mill construction and automatic sprinklers. The plant contained a receiving room on the 1st floor, hanging and prizing rooms on the 2nd and 2 dryers on the 3rd floor. > >***** I took this by copy paste from the following url, found by google >http://www.maintour.com/virginia/dnvattr.htm > >Looks like other possibilities you could look as as well. Other suggestions, such as Grannies are always good. >ron in CA > >-----Original Message----- >>From: LLAMEDUCK@aol.com >>Sent: Mar 19, 2007 10:57 PM >>To: ILVERMIL@rootsweb.com >>Subject: [ILVERMIL] looking for information on the tobacco factory that was in danville in early1900 >> >>looking for information on the tobacco factory that was in danville in >>early1900. cl >> >> >> >>************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. >> Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILVERMIL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILVERMIL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message