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121. Class Photo Unidentified School

IDNO:
000355
Title:
Class Photo Unidentified School
Date:
ca. 1910
"Baker House $1.00 per day" on sign. Cass, W.V.

122. Hotel (Baker House), Cass, W. Va.

IDNO:
000356
Title:
Hotel (Baker House), Cass, W. Va.
Date:
1912
Description:
"Baker House $1.00 per day" on sign. Cass, W.V.
Side view of Shay train engine beside a trestle. Original from C.B. Cromer

123. Shay Left Hand Full View in front of Coal Trestle.

IDNO:
000357
Title:
Shay Left Hand Full View in front of Coal Trestle.
Date:
undated
Description:
Side view of Shay train engine beside a trestle. Original from C.B. Cromer
Earl Palmer, "Blue Ridge Mt's Roamin' Cameraman," Cambria, Va. 'This decaying building was once the worlds largest double bandmills'. During the hey-day of operations at Cass, 2500 men worked here and in the woods round about, turning out a quarter million feet of wood products per day, working two 10 hour shifts. Nowadays the old bldg. is an object of curiousity amongst thousands of rail fans who pass by on logging train excursions to Bald Knob.

124. Band Mill in State of Disrepair at Cass, W. Va.

IDNO:
000358
Title:
Band Mill in State of Disrepair at Cass, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Earl Palmer, "Blue Ridge Mt's Roamin' Cameraman," Cambria, Va. 'This decaying building was once the worlds largest double bandmills'. During the hey-day of operations at Cass, 2500 men worked here and in the woods round about, turning out a quarter million feet of wood products per day, working two 10 hour shifts. Nowadays the old bldg. is an object of curiousity amongst thousands of rail fans who pass by on logging train excursions to Bald Knob.
Men standing on big steam shovel beside dump cars.

125. Marion Steam Shovel in Big Cut with Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk Dump Cars.

IDNO:
000359
Title:
Marion Steam Shovel in Big Cut with Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk Dump Cars.
Date:
undated
Description:
Men standing on big steam shovel beside dump cars.
Machinery and ladder visible in a mill.

126. Lumber Mill Equipment

IDNO:
000360
Title:
Lumber Mill Equipment
Description:
Machinery and ladder visible in a mill.
Nine men standing on logs and a loader of a railroad car.

127. Loader and Crew on Greenbrier and Elk Railroad Car.

IDNO:
000361
Title:
Loader and Crew on Greenbrier and Elk Railroad Car.
Date:
undated
Description:
Nine men standing on logs and a loader of a railroad car.
Loader putting lumber on cargo cars. Man standing on logs on the car.

128. Mower Lumber Company Loader and Car No. 151

IDNO:
000362
Title:
Mower Lumber Company Loader and Car No. 151
Date:
1946/08/07
Description:
Loader putting lumber on cargo cars. Man standing on logs on the car.
There were 2 engines used in making the cut, No. 4 Engineer Robert Dean, No. 2 Engineer was Lewis (Pinhead) Collins. There were 10-30 yd. cars and 10-20 yd. cars. This is Engine #4 backing down with 10-30 yd. cars.

129. Shay No. 4 Rear View with 3 Loads of Dirt on 10-30 yd Cars. (Not the Big Cut)

IDNO:
000363
Title:
Shay No. 4 Rear View with 3 Loads of Dirt on 10-30 yd Cars. (Not the Big Cut)
Date:
undated
Description:
There were 2 engines used in making the cut, No. 4 Engineer Robert Dean, No. 2 Engineer was Lewis (Pinhead) Collins. There were 10-30 yd. cars and 10-20 yd. cars. This is Engine #4 backing down with 10-30 yd. cars.

130. East-side of Cass, W. Va. 'Negroe shanties,' in flood, looking across to main part of town.

IDNO:
000364
Title:
East-side of Cass, W. Va. 'Negroe shanties,' in flood, looking across to main part of town.
Date:
undated
View looking upstream of the Stoney River Dam. Newly completed 1915.

131. Stoney River Dam

IDNO:
000365
Title:
Stoney River Dam
Date:
1915
Description:
View looking upstream of the Stoney River Dam. Newly completed 1915.
In front, Mower Lumber Company skidder on yard siding.

132. Caboose No. 12 in Cass Shop Yard

IDNO:
000366
Title:
Caboose No. 12 in Cass Shop Yard
Date:
1960/10
Description:
In front, Mower Lumber Company skidder on yard siding.