Aftermath of Cabot Station Explosion and Fire, Grantsville, W. Va.
Date:
1945/11/22
Description:
View of the wreckage at the natural gas station. The explosion occurred on Thanksgiving Day that year. The station, originally proposed to be named "Boston-on-Kanawha," was, at the time, supposedly the world's largest carbon black factories.
A man sits on a chair in the lawn. In the background is a small pavilion. The stereograph is part of photographer William Dunnington's "Webster Springs Series."
The first bank established in Calhoun County opening its doors in 1901 to a cautious public being "reluctant to hand over their money for keeping to someone else".