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'Mechanical Hall by the river, (built 1892-4, destroyed by fire, 1899). Note the small powder house in the foreground. The U. heating plant now occupies the site John L. Johnston was professor of Engineering during this period. The negative was made by Johnston about 1895, is now the department of physics. (1940)'

1. Mechanical Hall I, West Virginia University

IDNO:: 019111
Title:: Mechanical Hall I, West Virginia University
Date:: 1895
Description:: 'Mechanical Hall by the river, (built 1892-4, destroyed by fire, 1899). Note the small powder house in the foreground. The U. heating plant now occupies the site John L. Johnston was professor of Engineering during this period. The negative was made by Johnston about 1895, is now the department of physics. (1940)'

Written on the back of photograph: 'Town and Campus in 1895 and 1945; two communities and one city looking forward to another two hundred years.'

2. View of Morgantown and West Virginia University Campus, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:: 020102
Title:: View of Morgantown and West Virginia University Campus, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:: 1895
Description:: Written on the back of photograph: 'Town and Campus in 1895 and 1945; two communities and one city looking forward to another two hundred years.'