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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 - Virginia Counties
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Saltville - East Main Street996 viewsSALTVILLE, VA. / EAST MAIN STREET / MAY 1967 / 200 MM TELE / LEM. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Saltville - Government Plant Area996 viewsGOVERNMENT PLANT AREA / SALTVILLE, VA. / MARCH 29, 1918 / LEM. Courtesy of Don Smith [email]dsmith1043@comcast.net[/emai]
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000_0734.JPG992 viewsLocated near Saltville, Virginia, built before 1790. Photo by Jeff Weaver June 2005.
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100_1325.jpg992 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 22, 2006.
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drapervalley.jpg992 viewsThis is from a circa 1940 postcard.
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bucketline1942.jpg991 viewsThis 1941-42 photo shows the aerial tramway, commonly called the Bucket line carrying limestone from the quarries to Saltville.
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blackbass.jpg988 viewsThis is from a circa 1910 postcard.
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grahamsforge.jpg988 viewsThis is a 1960s postcard view of this Wythe County landmark.
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Speedwell - Speedwell Furnace988 viewsThis is the Speedwell Furnace, located near Speedwell, Wythe County, VA. owned by the Williams Family who live in the Iron Master's House near the site. Photo by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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Foster Falls - Galenea Methodist Church987 viewsThe white church is the Galena Methodist Church on US 52 at it's intersection with Major Graham's Road. Hannah Walton Sanders (1806-1876) mentions this church in her Civil-War diary http://home.alltel.net/cjwalker/ Photo by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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wythesch.jpg983 viewsFrom a 1940s postcard
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buckeyest71975.jpg983 viewsBUCKEYE STREET / EAST MAIN / ELIZABETH CEMETERY / SALTVILLE, VA. / JULY 1973. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net

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