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553. Side View of Company Store, Sun, W. Va.

IDNO:
052201
Title:
Side View of Company Store, Sun, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
New River Collieries Company Sun Mines No. 2 tipple.

554. New River Collieries Co. Mine No. 2, Sun, W. Va.

IDNO:
052202
Title:
New River Collieries Co. Mine No. 2, Sun, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
New River Collieries Company Sun Mines No. 2 tipple.
A group of miners sit on the hoist cart.

555. Dunedin Coal Company Man and Supply Hoist, Terry, W. Va.

IDNO:
052203
Title:
Dunedin Coal Company Man and Supply Hoist, Terry, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
A group of miners sit on the hoist cart.
A group of miners sit on a hill with their mining equipment. One of the miners holds a small boy on his lap.

556. Miners at Terry, W. Va.

IDNO:
052204
Title:
Miners at Terry, W. Va.
Date:
1932
Description:
A group of miners sit on a hill with their mining equipment. One of the miners holds a small boy on his lap.
Beside the building and the railroad is a mail crane.

557. Coal Company Club House, Thayer, W. Va.

IDNO:
052205
Title:
Coal Company Club House, Thayer, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Beside the building and the railroad is a mail crane.

558. Railroad Station, Thayer, W. Va.

IDNO:
052206
Title:
Railroad Station, Thayer, W. Va.
Date:
undated
A group of men are pictured on and beside a train car. A bridge in the background crosses the New River.

559. Railroad Bridge and Turntable, Thurmond, W. Va.

IDNO:
052207
Title:
Railroad Bridge and Turntable, Thurmond, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
A group of men are pictured on and beside a train car. A bridge in the background crosses the New River.
Built in 1901, the Dunglen was a towering 4-story, 100-room wooden structure with a wrap-around deck. The Dunglen was known for the many parties it hosted, where huge dances were held in the elegant ballroom and symphonies would play through the night.According to Ripley’s Believe it or Not and the Guinness Book of World Records, the Dunglen housed the longest-running poker game, which stretched on through 14 years.The hotel was burned down by arsonists on July 22, 1930.

560. Dunglen Hotel Under Construction, Thurmond, W. Va.

IDNO:
052208
Title:
Dunglen Hotel Under Construction, Thurmond, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
Built in 1901, the Dunglen was a towering 4-story, 100-room wooden structure with a wrap-around deck. The Dunglen was known for the many parties it hosted, where huge dances were held in the elegant ballroom and symphonies would play through the night.According to Ripley’s Believe it or Not and the Guinness Book of World Records, the Dunglen housed the longest-running poker game, which stretched on through 14 years.The hotel was burned down by arsonists on July 22, 1930.
The engine used oil headlights. Five men are pictured on and beside the locomotive.

561. C. and O. Enginge No. 254 at Thurmond, W. Va.

IDNO:
052209
Title:
C. and O. Enginge No. 254 at Thurmond, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
The engine used oil headlights. Five men are pictured on and beside the locomotive.
A group of men are pictured on and beside a locomotive. Subjects unidentified.

562. Round House Crew, Thurmond, W. Va.

IDNO:
052210
Title:
Round House Crew, Thurmond, W. Va.
Date:
1923
Description:
A group of men are pictured on and beside a locomotive. Subjects unidentified.
The walk way on the right is identified as leading to the Dun Glen Hotel. Wallace Bennett lived in the first house from 1918 to 1922, and the second house from 1925 to 1933.

563. Railroad Section Houses, Thurmond, W. Va.

IDNO:
052211
Title:
Railroad Section Houses, Thurmond, W. Va.
Date:
1929
Description:
The walk way on the right is identified as leading to the Dun Glen Hotel. Wallace Bennett lived in the first house from 1918 to 1922, and the second house from 1925 to 1933.
From left to right are C. C. Beury, unidentified, C. L. Garvin, Sr., Paddy Ryan, unidentified, and unidentified. The men are coal operators and are posing on the south side of the train platform.

564. Coal Operators on Southside Train Platform, Thurmond, W. Va.

IDNO:
052212
Title:
Coal Operators on Southside Train Platform, Thurmond, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1908
Description:
From left to right are C. C. Beury, unidentified, C. L. Garvin, Sr., Paddy Ryan, unidentified, and unidentified. The men are coal operators and are posing on the south side of the train platform.