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View of the Electro Metallurgical Company Plant at Alloy, W. Va. ' At Alloy, in the Kanawha River Valley in West Virginia, is located one of the ferro-alloy plants of Electro Metallurgical company. Here, ores from the far places of the earth are compounded and smelted in electric furnaces to produce ferro-alloys of chromium, manganese, silicon, vanadium, tungsten, and zirconium -- essential in making iron, steel, and other metals. One of the important products of this plant is low-carbon ferrochrome, which is used in the manufacture of stainless steel for thousands of uses in industry and in the home. A forerunner of the Alloy plant, farther up the river at Glen Ferris, started smelting ferrochrome as early as 1896. Several buildings of the metallurgical works at Alloy are pictured in the color photograph on the reverse. In the photograph can be seen the tall chimneys of the power plant and the brightly lighted windows furnace rooms.'

85. Electro Metallurgical Plant at Alloy on U. S. 21-60, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:
013162
Title:
Electro Metallurgical Plant at Alloy on U. S. 21-60, Fayette County, W. Va.
Date:
1945/05
Description:
View of the Electro Metallurgical Company Plant at Alloy, W. Va. ' At Alloy, in the Kanawha River Valley in West Virginia, is located one of the ferro-alloy plants of Electro Metallurgical company. Here, ores from the far places of the earth are compounded and smelted in electric furnaces to produce ferro-alloys of chromium, manganese, silicon, vanadium, tungsten, and zirconium -- essential in making iron, steel, and other metals. One of the important products of this plant is low-carbon ferrochrome, which is used in the manufacture of stainless steel for thousands of uses in industry and in the home. A forerunner of the Alloy plant, farther up the river at Glen Ferris, started smelting ferrochrome as early as 1896. Several buildings of the metallurgical works at Alloy are pictured in the color photograph on the reverse. In the photograph can be seen the tall chimneys of the power plant and the brightly lighted windows furnace rooms.'

86. Van Bibber Rock Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:
013471
Title:
Van Bibber Rock Fayette County, W. Va.

87. Keeney's Creek Falls, Near Nuttallburg, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:
015812
Title:
Keeney's Creek Falls, Near Nuttallburg, Fayette County, W. Va.

88. Passengers Await Train at Mt. Carbon Depot, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:
017191
Title:
Passengers Await Train at Mt. Carbon Depot, Fayette County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1910
Sandstone, which is a most difficult material to drill and blast, is one of the predominant materials that had to be excavated for the roadway construction, as shown in this section of the highway north of Long Branch, Fayette County.

89. Section of Highway Showing Sandstone North of Long Branch, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:
017217
Title:
Section of Highway Showing Sandstone North of Long Branch, Fayette County, W. Va.
Date:
1955
Description:
Sandstone, which is a most difficult material to drill and blast, is one of the predominant materials that had to be excavated for the roadway construction, as shown in this section of the highway north of Long Branch, Fayette County.

90. Kanawha Falls on the Kanawha River; Fayette Co., W. Va.

IDNO:
024534
Title:
Kanawha Falls on the Kanawha River; Fayette Co., W. Va.

91. Half-Way House at Ansted, W. Va.

IDNO:
035098
Title:
Half-Way House at Ansted, W. Va.
"The Old Tavern was one of best known and patronized taverns anywhere along the Old James River and Kanawha Turnpike."

92. Old Tavern on Midland Trail, Ansted W. Va.

IDNO:
035099
Title:
Old Tavern on Midland Trail, Ansted W. Va.
Description:
"The Old Tavern was one of best known and patronized taverns anywhere along the Old James River and Kanawha Turnpike."

93. Shay Locomotive, Log Train, and Peerless Crew

IDNO:
035188
Title:
Shay Locomotive, Log Train, and Peerless Crew
Date:
ca. 1880-1930
From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren. On back of portrait "Geo. L. Ballard."

94. Group Portrait of Central-Southern HI-Y Work Conference at Mount Hope, W. Va.

IDNO:
036398
Title:
Group Portrait of Central-Southern HI-Y Work Conference at Mount Hope, W. Va.
Date:
1923/03/10
Description:
From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren. On back of portrait "Geo. L. Ballard."

95. View of Dam on a River with Large Building in the Distance

IDNO:
036469
Title:
View of Dam on a River with Large Building in the Distance
Date:
ca. 1880-1900

96. Group Portrait in Front of Waterfall, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:
036473
Title:
Group Portrait in Front of Waterfall, Fayette County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1880-1900