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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 - Screening Plant862 viewsDISMANTLING THE SCREENING PLANT / OLIN / SALTVILLE, VA. / APRIL 1969. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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WHITEROCKSOLIN244.jpg860 viewsTHIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN IN JUNE OF 1972 FROM THE WEST END OF FLATTOP MOUNTAIN ON AN OUTCROPPING KNOWN AS THE WHITE ROCKS.
Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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DSC02572.jpg860 viewsPhoto September 29, 2005 by Don Smith. dsmith1043@comcast.net
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000_0729.JPG859 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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Saltville March 1964859 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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Saltville - Governmnet Plant Area859 viewsGOVERNMENT PLANT AND BROADY BOTTOM AREAS / APRIL 1969

THE PLOWED AREA AT RIGHT CENTER IS WHERE THE NORTHFORK MANOR PROJECT WOULD BE BUILT...THE AREA NEAR THE SILOS AND RESERVOIR IS WHERE THE ELIZABETH CEMETERY WAS ENLARGED TO IN 1986.

THE BUILDING AT UPPER LEFT UNDER CONSTRUCTION WOULD BECOME KENROSE MFG. AND LATER, ACCO. Courtesy of Don Smith[email]dsmith1043@comcast.net[/emai]


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wellfields31965.jpg858 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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000_0010.jpg857 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, February 11, 2006
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TOWNOFSALTVILLE057.jpg857 viewsThis photo was taken by Don Smith {dsmith1043@comcast.net}April 13, 2007 at 3:35 p.m.
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Saltville - Mathieson Alkali Works857 viewsThis ca.1910 image from the U.S.Geological Survey shows the Mathieson Alkali Works ca. 1910.
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homecoming1966.jpg856 viewsFROM LEFT...JEANNIE BRANNON, JANET WERTZ, AND SARAH GROSS...HOMECOMING...OCTOBER 1966.... Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net


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saltvillefootball1930s.jpg855 viewsThis is a photo of the 1937 Saltville Football team by John Porter.
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