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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.


Most viewed - Bristol, VA
columbianpapermill.jpg
columbianpapermill.jpg5857 viewsThis is a 1906 postcard view.
bristolstation.jpg
bristolstation.jpg5704 viewsThe postcard view here is fom the mid to late 1920s.
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Brtistol Train Station812 viewsBristol, Virginia Train Station, October 17, 2010. Courtesy of Don Smith.
abramsfalls.jpg
abramsfalls.jpg798 viewsThis site, near Bristol, Virginia, was taken from an old real-photo postcard.
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CB&Q Engine791 viewsCB&Q ENGINE 4960 WAS PUT INTO EXCURSION WORK IN 1958, RETIRED TO CIRCUS WORLD MUSEUM IN 1966 THEN DONATED TO THE MID-CONTINENT RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM IN NORTH FREEDOM, WISCONSIN. IN 1980, 4960 WAS LEASED TO THE BRISTOL AND NORTH WESTERN RAILROAD.

BUILT IN AUGUST OF 1923 BY BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, CB&Q ENGINE 4960 HAD BEEN SPARED THE TORCH AND WAS DOING EXCURSION WORK FOR THE BRISTOL AND NORTH WESTERN RAILROAD FROM BRISTOL TO BENHAMS, VA. IN THE SUMMER OF 1981. THE VENTURE PLAYED OUT AND IN 1985 4960 WAS MOVED TO FT. WAYNE, INDIANA.

IT WAS PURCHASED BY THE GRAND CANYON RAILWAY SHORTLY THEREAFTER. AFTER ONE OF THE MOST EXTENSIVE REBUILDING EVER DONE ON AN OLD STEAM LOCOMOTIVE, COSTING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, ENGINE 4960 WAS PLACED IN SERVICE BY GRAND CANYON RAILWAY AND HAS BEEN DOING EXCURSION WORK SINCE THE MID 1990'S. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
bristolbarrite.jpg
bristolbarrite.jpg743 viewsThis view is from circa 1905 and shows the Barite mill at Bristol, Virginia.
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State Street725 viewsThis image of State Street is from a circa 1940 postcard.
colsegoodson.jpg
colsegoodson.jpg722 viewsFounder of Goodson, later Bristol, Virginia.
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Sullins College710 viewsThis is a circa 1907 postcard of the Sullins College Building.
bristoldepot.jpg
bristoldepot.jpg705 viewsFrom a circa. 1910 photograph.
bristolfireco21907.jpg
bristolfireco21907.jpg701 viewsThis postcard was postmarked in 1907.
hotelbristol.jpg
hotelbristol.jpg691 viewsThis is from a 1930s postcard.
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