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New River Notes Photo Gallery

A Collection of historic and current photos mostly covering the upper New River area of southwestern Virginia and northwestern North Carolina.


bluefieldcollege.jpg
bluefieldcollege.jpg477 viewsThis is a 1936 postcard view of Bluefield College.
brittsrestaurant.jpg
brittsrestaurant.jpg305 viewsPhoto from 1960s postcard.
camptazewell1934.jpg
camptazewell1934.jpg387 viewsThis is a 1934 photo of Camp 54 of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in Tazewell, Virginia.
cedarbluffdepot.jpg
cedarbluffdepot.jpg378 viewsThis photo of the railroad depot in Cedar Bluff dates to circa 1900.
clinchriver.jpg
clinchriver.jpg436 viewsThis view of the Clinch River is from the 1930-45 era.
cokeovenpocahontas.jpg
cokeovenpocahontas.jpg410 viewsThis view of coke ovens at Pocahontas, Virginia was made about 1910.
craborchard.jpg
craborchard.jpg379 viewsThis postcard is from the 1970s.
DUKEENERGYGASLINE020.jpg
DUKEENERGYGASLINE020.jpg387 viewsTHIS IS THOMPSON VALLEY IN TAZEWELL COUNTY. IT'S NORTH OF SALTVILLE OVER BEYOND FLAT TOP MOUNTAIN. THE GAS LINE IS 32 MILES LONG AND IS COMING FROM JEWEL RIDGE AND WILL HOOK UP WITH EAST TENNESSEE NATURAL GAS NEAR MARION. PROJECT SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY NOVEMBER 2006.

Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
DUKEENERGYGASLINE035.jpg
DUKEENERGYGASLINE035.jpg344 viewsLOOKING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE LITTLE VALLEY / TANNERSVILLE AREA. THE GAS LINE WILL CROSS THE EAST END OF FLAT TOP MOUNTAIN...THEN CROSS TANNERSVILLE AND BRUSHY MOUNTAIN...CROSS RICH VALLEY AND THEN WALKER MOUNTAIN AND HOOK UP WITH THE EAST TENNESSEE GAS LINE NEAR I-81 BETWEEN CHILHOWIE AND MARION. THE LINE IS UNUSUAL IN THAT IT IS RUNNING NORTH-SOUTH. MOST FOLLOW THE VALLEY FLOORS IN A SOUTHWEST-NORTHEAST DIRECTION.

Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
grahamcoaling1910.jpg
grahamcoaling1910.jpg375 viewsThis is from a 1913 postcard.
grahamva1910.jpg
grahamva1910.jpg347 viewsThis view is from a circa 1910 postcard.
greeverhousetaze.jpg
greeverhousetaze.jpg343 viewsThis is a circa 1935 photo of this house in Tazewell.
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