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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.

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Saltville - Governmnet Plant Area792 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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Richardson, Luther and Bertha Kilby Richardson792 views Luther and Bertha Kilby Richardson. Picture submitted by their great granddaugher Lynn Sexton Gallegos Arbadella64@yahoo.com

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Saltville - Still House Hollow792 viewsSTILL HOUSE HOLLOW / NEAR SALTVILLE, VA. / JANUARY 1968. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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985.jpg791 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver 1979.
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wythevilledepot.jpg791 viewsThis mid-20th century photo shows the Wytheville depot.
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100_1813.jpg791 viewsPhoto October 25, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Saltville - Olin Hoist791 viewsTHIS HOIST, MANUFACTURED BY INDUSTRIAL BROWNHOIST OF BAY CITY, MICHIGAN WAS PURCHASED NEW IN 1949 BY MATHIESON CHEMICALS OF SALTVILLE, VIRGINIA. IT WAS DISMANTLED AND SCRAPPED IN MARCH OF 2008. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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PopKilbyYoungandCalvinYoung001.jpg790 viewsCourtesy of Danny Miller millerd@fuse.net
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WHITEROCKSOLIN244.jpg790 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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floydnikelmines.jpg790 viewsGeneral view of the main opening for nickel ore on Lick Fork, near Hemlock, Floyd County, Virginia. Owned by the Virginia Nickel Corporation. Photo circa. 1905.
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snowballfight1940.jpg790 viewsSNOWBALL FIGHT / MARGARET DIGGS VS. DOUG SHANNON / MATHIESON CHEMICALS / CIRCA 1940. Courtesy of Don Smithdsmith1043@comcast.net

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wmweaverhouse.jpg789 viewsHome of William Weaver, Jr. (1787-1876), located in Alleghany County, NC. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This house was built in 1848.
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