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'Nitro, Kanawha County---rapidly expanding industry where once farm crop grew.'

1. Nitro, Kanawha County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 026402
Title:: Nitro, Kanawha County, W. Va.
Date:: 1965/07/22
Description:: 'Nitro, Kanawha County---rapidly expanding industry where once farm crop grew.'

2. Lab Inside Ohio Apex Chemical Co. Factory, Nitro, W. Va.

IDNO:: 047663
Title:: Lab Inside Ohio Apex Chemical Co. Factory, Nitro, W. Va.
Date:: 1948/03/12

3. Chemical Storage Barrels and Operations at Ohio Apex Chemical Co. Factory, Nitro, W. Va.

IDNO:: 047664
Title:: Chemical Storage Barrels and Operations at Ohio Apex Chemical Co. Factory, Nitro, W. Va.
Date:: 1948/03/12

4. Chemical Storage Barrels Underground at Ohio Apex Chemical Co. Factory, Nitro, W. Va.

IDNO:: 047665
Title:: Chemical Storage Barrels Underground at Ohio Apex Chemical Co. Factory, Nitro, W. Va.
Date:: 1948/03/12

5. Exterior View of Ohio Apex Chemical Co. Factory, Nitro, W. Va.

IDNO:: 047666
Title:: Exterior View of Ohio Apex Chemical Co. Factory, Nitro, W. Va.
Date:: 1948/03/12

View of factories taken from the bridge. Nitro, W. Va. was created during WWI in 1917 to produce gunpowder for the war effort.

6. View of Nitro, W. Va.

IDNO:: 050414
Title:: View of Nitro, W. Va.
Date:: 1919
Description:: View of factories taken from the bridge. Nitro, W. Va. was created during WWI in 1917 to produce gunpowder for the war effort.

View from the bridge showing railroad tracks. Nitro was created during WWI in 1917 to produce gunpowder for the war effort.

7. View in Nitro, W. Va.

IDNO:: 050415
Title:: View in Nitro, W. Va.
Date:: 1919
Description:: View from the bridge showing railroad tracks. Nitro was created during WWI in 1917 to produce gunpowder for the war effort.

View of Nitro from the hill behind the school.

8. View From a Hill of Nitro, W. Va.

IDNO:: 050416
Title:: View From a Hill of Nitro, W. Va.
Date:: 1919
Description:: View of Nitro from the hill behind the school.

Unidentified group of people pose for photo in their masquerade costumes in the town of Nitro, W. Va..

9. Group in Costume for a Masquerade, Nitro, W. Va.

IDNO:: 050417
Title:: Group in Costume for a Masquerade, Nitro, W. Va.
Date:: 1919
Description:: Unidentified group of people pose for photo in their masquerade costumes in the town of Nitro, W. Va..

View of the factories and railroad in Nitro, W. Va. Nitro was created during WWI in 1917 to produce gunpowder for the war effort.

10. Factories and Railroad, Nitro, W. Va.

IDNO:: 050418
Title:: Factories and Railroad, Nitro, W. Va.
Date:: 1919
Description:: View of the factories and railroad in Nitro, W. Va. Nitro was created during WWI in 1917 to produce gunpowder for the war effort.

Unidentified boys and men march in a parade down the street in Nitro, with factories in the background. Nitro was created during WWI in 1917 to produce gunpowder for the war effort.

11. Parade in Nitro, W. Va.

IDNO:: 050419
Title:: Parade in Nitro, W. Va.
Date:: 1919
Description:: Unidentified boys and men march in a parade down the street in Nitro, with factories in the background. Nitro was created during WWI in 1917 to produce gunpowder for the war effort.

Unidentified people play instruments at camp in Nitro, W. Va.Nitro was created during WWI in 1917 to produce gunpowder for the war effort.

12. "Orchestra" at the Camp in Nitro, W. Va.

IDNO:: 050457
Title:: "Orchestra" at the Camp in Nitro, W. Va.
Date:: 1919
Description:: Unidentified people play instruments at camp in Nitro, W. Va.Nitro was created during WWI in 1917 to produce gunpowder for the war effort.