Camp Eight of Engineers for Norfolk and Western Railroad, Tug Fork River, West Virginia
Date:
ca. 1892
Description:
Members of a team of engineers working on the Ohio Extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad through the Tug River Valley in Southern West Virginia. L to R: Flint, Russel, Wright.
Norfolk & Western Railroad Contractors Supplies, Tug Fork River District, Southern West Virginia
Date:
ca. 1892
Description:
A barge loaded with supplies for the engineers and crews working on the Ohio Extension along the Tug Fork and Big Sandy Rivers between Welch in McDowell County and Kenova in Wayne County. None of the men are identified in the photograph.
Sunday on 'Tug', Tug Fork River, Southern West Virginia
Date:
ca. 1892
Description:
Group portrait of several families of the workers building the Ohio Extension of the Norfolk and Western Railroad along the Tug Fork and Big Sandy Rivers.
Jim Mounce & Family, Tug Fork River Area, W. Va.
Date:
ca.1892
Description:
Photograph taken during the construction on the Ohio Extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad along the Tug Fork and Big Sandy Rivers. None of the family members are identified.
Culvert on Ohio Extension of Norfolk & Western Railroad in Tug Fork River District, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1892
Description:
Unidentified man sitting on top of a culvert. Several supports use to shape the culvert are lying in the foreground. This image is probably a pinpoint photograph.
The subject's full name is most likely Selkirk McCoy, the son of Asa McCoy and a member of the West Virginia branch of the McCoy family in Logan County. This photograph was taken during the building of the Ohio Extension of the Norfolk and Western Railroad.