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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 - Smyth County, VA
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Saltville - Aerial View849 viewsThis aerial view of Saltville is looking to the northeast. It was taken in May 1973 by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Saltville - Mathieson Alkali Works849 viewsThis John Porter Photo from the late 1930s shows some of the equipment used in the Mathieson Alkali Works.
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SEPT21MISC971.jpg847 viewsMAY 1973...FIRST AVENUE AT TOP LEFT...SHAKER LANE IN FRONT OF SCHOOL...PALMER AT LOWER RIGHT

THE SWIMMING POOL WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND NOTE THE POND WHERE GLOBAL CONTACT IS NOW LOCATED. courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net


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Saltville - Screening Plant846 viewsDISMANTLING THE SCREENING PLANT / OLIN / SALTVILLE, VA. / APRIL 1969. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Saltville - Golf Course844 viewsMOST OF THE ROW OF SILVER POPLARS THAT STOOD BESIDE NO. 3 FAIRWAY AND PALMER AVENUE HAD DIED AND HAD TO BE CUT. THESE TREES WERE ABOUT 65 YEARS OLD. THEY WERE CUT MARCH 29, 2007.

THEY CAN BE SEEN IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE PICTURE OF ONE OF THE LAST WELL HOUSES TAKEN IN 1967 WHICH IS ON THIS SITE. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Marion - Civil War Currebct843 viewsPictured here is a 50 cent note issued iby Smyth County, Virginia in 1862.
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wellfields31965.jpg842 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
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Saltville - Mathieson Alkali Works841 viewsThis ca.1910 image from the U.S.Geological Survey shows the Mathieson Alkali Works ca. 1910.
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Saltville March 1964840 viewsThis March 1964 photo shot looking east from Main Street, shows the company store in the center of the shot (red building), the train depot slightly to the left, and the bank further to the left. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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uschem4.jpg839 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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000_0729.JPG839 viewsThis is an overlook of the scene of the principal battle of Saltville, October 2, 1864. Note the earthworks at the edge of the tree line about middle of the image. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 2005.
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homecoming1966.jpg838 viewsFROM LEFT...JEANNIE BRANNON, JANET WERTZ, AND SARAH GROSS...HOMECOMING...OCTOBER 1966.... Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net


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