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FLATTOP009.jpg639 viewsLOOKING WEST FROM THE WHITE ROCKS ON FLAT TOP MT. NEAR SALTVILLE, VA. / NOVEMBER 26, 2006. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
Nov 27, 2006
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olin41969.jpg1103 viewsTHE TEAR DOWN WAS UNDERWAY IN THE BACKGROUND IN THE AREA OF THE COAL PLANT EVEN AS AMMONIA SODA PRODUCTS SUCH AS PURITE AND PH PLUS WERE STILL BEING SHIPPED IN APRIL OF 1969. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
Nov 26, 2006
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marioncollege2.jpg484 viewsThis photo was taken in the 1960s and shows some students sitting outside the main building in the fall.Nov 20, 2006
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swvahospital~0.jpg586 viewsThis is from a 1900-10 era postcard.Nov 20, 2006
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cclincolnresidence.jpg608 viewsThis is from a 1930-45 era postcard.Nov 20, 2006
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limestonetrucks.jpg630 viewsTHESE TRUCKS HAULED LIMESTONE TO THE PLANT AFTER THE BUCKET LINE WAS DISCONTINUED IN 1968. THEY HAULED THE STONE FOR FOUR YEARS...UNTIL OLIN CLOSED.
PICTURE TAKEN JULY 1971 ON EAST MAIN STREET IN SALTVILLE, VA.
Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.netNov 14, 2006
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salthouse1.jpg674 viewsA CLOSER LOOK AT THE OLD SALT HOUSE BUILDING.
OLD SALT HOUSE BUILT ON THE SITE OF THE GEORGIA SALT FURNACE. THE SALT HOUSE WAS USED FOR STORING SACKS AND BARRELS. AFTER IT WAS NO LONGER USED FOR THAT THE TOP FLOOR BECAME THE MEETING PLACE FOR WILLIAM KING MASONIC LODGE NO. 227 OF SALTVILLE FROM 1901 UNTIL A NEW MEETING HALL WAS BUILT IN DOWNTOWN IN 1949.
THE BOTTOM FLOOR WAS USED BY MATHIESON CHEMICALS.
IN MARCH OF 1965...SHORTLY AFTER THIS PICTURE WAS MADE, THE OLD SALT HOUSE WAS TORN DOWN. IT WAS LOCATED ON WEST MAIN STREET IN SALTVILLE, VIRGINIA. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.netNov 13, 2006
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wellfields31965.jpg726 viewsBARN AT LEFT WOULD BECOME THE SALT KETTLE THEATRE IN 1973. BUILDING BEING RAZED IS AN OLD SALT HOUSE BUILT ON THE SITE OF THE GEORGIA SALT FURNACE. IT WAS USED FOR STORING SACKS AND BARRELS WHEN IT WAS A SALT HOUSE. WHEN IT WAS NO LONGER USED AS A SALT HOUSE, THE TOP FLOOR SERVED AS THE MEETING PLACE FOR WILLIAM KING MASONIC LODGE NO. 227 FROM 1901 UNTIL A NEW MASONIC LODGE WAS BUILT IN DOWNTOWN IN 1949. THE BOTTOM FLOOR WAS USED BY MATHIESON.
THE BUILDING AT RIGHT IS THE OLD AXTON CROSS LOADING TERMINAL.
Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comast.net
Nov 13, 2006
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maw1910sb.jpg603 viewsThis postcard is from the 1910s.Nov 13, 2006
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100_1866.jpg712 viewsPhoto November 10, 2006 by Jeff Weaver. Click [url=http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/gwj/mr/maps/index.shtml]here[/url for their website.Nov 10, 2006
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100_1865.jpg380 viewsThis photo by Jeff Weaver, November 10, 2006.Nov 10, 2006
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westmain31965.jpg834 viewsTHE OLD COMPANY BARN THAT WAS CLEANED UP AND PAINTED IN 1973 AND USED BY THE SALT KETTLE THEATRE FOR THREE YEARS BEFORE BEING BURNED BY ARSONISTS. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
Nov 06, 2006
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