Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In railroad signaling, the man in charge of a railroad switch-and-signal tower. See
tower , 9, andsignaling .
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Examples
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He also asked the towerman to telegraph ahead to Dover for a substitute engineer.
Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail Allen Chapman
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The towerman had just been relieved from duty, and met Ralph with eager welcome as he was approaching the place.
Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail Allen Chapman
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There's no one there but the towerman, and he can't leave duty, and you won't stop because you're on a fast run.
Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail Allen Chapman
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The room - mate referred me to a locomotive engineer and, being a towerman, gave me the exact location of his engine.
Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers Harry Alverson Franck 1921
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His statements suggested the advisability of questioning his room - mate, a towerman in Miraflores freight-yards.
Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers Harry Alverson Franck 1921
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The memoir gives an in-depth history of the Elmira, Cortland and Northern railroads from the perspective of a man who labored for the greater part of his life as a towerman in Cortland.
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