Dickinson Salt Works as Seen from the Opposite Bank of the Kanawha River
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
View of Dickinson Salt Works from opposite bank of Kanawha River. Made about 1910. This is the only picture in existance showing salt loaded on barge for ferrying across river where it was loaded on C&O Railroad. The New York Central Railroad had served the plant for years before this picture was taken, but due to higher freight rates by the NYC, it was still possible to ship by C&O to some points at a saving.
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot, Huntington, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Postcard of a train engine and people outside of the C and O Depot in Huntington, West Virginia. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Standing in the back to the left is Mike Mahanes. Next to him is Lee Barnette.Sitting in the back row next to an unidentified suited man is Bob Callaham, followed by Herbert Swats, Frank Garrison, and unkown.In the middle row, sitting next to the suited man, is Herndon Callaham.
The White Oak Railway was constructed during the early-1900's and came under the control of the New River Company. The short-line railroad was originally incorporated to provide citizens of the area a direct rail-connection between the primary business centers in Beckley, Mount Hope, and Oak Hill.The railroad consisted of two unconnected "pieces" that never were completely finished. The first section consisted of about 7 and ½ miles of track connecting with the C. & O. Railway at Carlisle, running from there through Oak Hill to Stuart. The second section was about 4 to 5 miles in length connecting with the C. & O. Railway at Price Hill Junction, running to a mine located at Price Hill.Under an agreement with the C. & O. Railway, the White Oak Railway operated passenger and freight trains along the tracks of the C. & O.'s White Oak Branch between Glen Jean and Carlisle. In 1912, the New River Company sold the locomotives and rolling stock of the White Oak Railway and jointly leased operation of the railroad to Virginian and the C. & O.
