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 000_0018.jpg764 viewsThis pair of steam engines sit beside U.S. 11 in downtown Chilhowie, VA. Photo by Jeff Weaver, February 2006.
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 JULY22RUNAWAYDUMPTRUCK0868693.jpg763 viewsAUGUST 1968- DUMP TRUCK LOADED WITH SAND LOST BRAKES ABOVE OVERLOOK ON HWY 107 AND CAME INTO THE INTERSECTION WITH HWY 91...CROSSED THE ROAD AND WENT UP JOE VERNON'S DRIVEWAY...DEMOLISHED TWO VEHICLES IN THE DRIVEWAY AND THE DUMP TRUCK. TRUCK DRIVER INJURED.
Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 Saltville - Mathieon Alkali Works Hospital763 viewsThis image is from the cover of the 1927 Alkalite. The hospital was located in the upper floor of the Mathieson Alkali Works General Store.
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 Saltville - Saltville High School Demolition759 viewsRAZING OF THE 1925 SALTVILLE HIGH SCHOOL / SALTVILLE, VA. / JULY 1967

EYE OPENER...THE 1905 SALTVILLE HIGH LASTED 20 YEARS...THE 1925 SALTVILLE HIGH LASTED 32 YEARS...THE PRESENT R. B. WORTHY / NORTHWOOD HIGH IS STILL GOING AT 50 YEARS. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1034@comcast.net
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 Saltville - Kiwanis Club758 viewsKIWANIS CLUB / SALTVILLE, VA. / CIRCA 1950. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 Saltville - Well Fields756 viewsTHIS OCTOBER 1964 OLIN PROJECT WAS A REVERSE DRAINAGE DITCH DUG IN THE UPPER WELL FIELD AREA. PICTURE WAS TAKEN FROM LAKE DRIVE. LOOKS QUITE DIFFERENT TODAY...43 YEARS LATER. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 mawgenstore1980.jpg755 viewsTHE MATHIESON GENERAL STORE IN SALTVILLE, VIRGINIA. BUILT IN 1894...TORN DOWN IN 1980. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 Saltville - Mathieson Alkali Works755 viewsThis 1930s postcard shows an aerial view of the main Mathieson Alkali Works facilities along the banks of the North Fork of Holston River in Saltville.
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 uschem4.jpg753 viewsA facility built in Saltville, Virginia to produce poison gas for World War I. Demolished in 1919. From an old postcard.
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 costoregrocery.jpg753 viewsThis is a view of the Grocery Department of the Mathieson Alkali Works Company Store. From the 1922 Alkalite
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 saltvilleworkcrew.jpg753 viewsThis late 1930s photo by John Porter shows a work crew probably working on a water line near the Mathieson Company Store.
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 Saltville - Screening Plant753 viewsDISMANTLING THE SCREENING PLANT / OLIN / SALTVILLE, VA. / APRIL 1969. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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