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'U.S. Improvement, Great Kanawha River, West Virginia. Inside the cofferdam for the weir part of the dam, after the wickets and service bridge had been placed. Showing four wickets and two trestles standing next to the center pier. One of the wickets is 'on the swing' (en bascule). Vertical height of weir wicket above sill, 8 feet 6 inches; width between centers, 4 feet. Weir bridge trestles 12 feet high, spaced 8 feet apart.'

25717. Lock and Dam No. 10 During Construction, Kanawha River, W.Va.

IDNO:
025719
Title:
Lock and Dam No. 10 During Construction, Kanawha River, W.Va.
Date:
1987/10/11
Description:
'U.S. Improvement, Great Kanawha River, West Virginia. Inside the cofferdam for the weir part of the dam, after the wickets and service bridge had been placed. Showing four wickets and two trestles standing next to the center pier. One of the wickets is 'on the swing' (en bascule). Vertical height of weir wicket above sill, 8 feet 6 inches; width between centers, 4 feet. Weir bridge trestles 12 feet high, spaced 8 feet apart.'
'U.S. Improvement, Great Kanawha River, West Virginia. Showing the weir part of the dam (from the center pier looking toward the abutment) after the wickets and service bridge had been placed inside the cofferdam. The wickets and service bridge standing.'

25718. Lock and Dam No.10 During Construction, Kanawha River, W.Va.

IDNO:
025720
Title:
Lock and Dam No.10 During Construction, Kanawha River, W.Va.
Date:
1897/10/11
Description:
'U.S. Improvement, Great Kanawha River, West Virginia. Showing the weir part of the dam (from the center pier looking toward the abutment) after the wickets and service bridge had been placed inside the cofferdam. The wickets and service bridge standing.'
'View inside the cofferdam for the weir part of the dam. Taken from the center pier. Building and filling (with loose stone) the permanent cribs for the weir foundation in progress. Also excavating the 'stop-off ditch' in the hardpan to form part of the concrete core between the two lines of cribs. The foundations of this dam rest on hardpan - an indurated clay - from 18 to 24 feet below extreme low-water mark.'

25719. Lock and Dam No. 11 During Construction, Chanoine Wicket Dam, Kanawha River, W.Va.

IDNO:
025721
Title:
Lock and Dam No. 11 During Construction, Chanoine Wicket Dam, Kanawha River, W.Va.
Date:
1897/09/07
Description:
'View inside the cofferdam for the weir part of the dam. Taken from the center pier. Building and filling (with loose stone) the permanent cribs for the weir foundation in progress. Also excavating the 'stop-off ditch' in the hardpan to form part of the concrete core between the two lines of cribs. The foundations of this dam rest on hardpan - an indurated clay - from 18 to 24 feet below extreme low-water mark.'
'United States Improvement, Great Kanawha River, West Virginia. View inside the cofferdam for the weir part of the dam, taken from the center pier. Showing the two unfinished lines of permanent cribs, and the unfinished concrete core between them, for the foundation of the weir. The sheer piling, driven to make the excavation and place the foundations for the shore abutment, shown in far end of cofferdam. The foundations of this dam rest on hardpan - an indurated clay - from 18 to 24 feet below extreme low water at the site. The tower for the cable way across the river (on the line of the dam), concrete plant, stone yard, etc., shown in the distance."

25720. Lock and Dam No. 11 During Construction, Chanoine Wicket Dam, Kanawha River, W.Va.

IDNO:
025722
Title:
Lock and Dam No. 11 During Construction, Chanoine Wicket Dam, Kanawha River, W.Va.
Date:
1897/09/29
Description:
'United States Improvement, Great Kanawha River, West Virginia. View inside the cofferdam for the weir part of the dam, taken from the center pier. Showing the two unfinished lines of permanent cribs, and the unfinished concrete core between them, for the foundation of the weir. The sheer piling, driven to make the excavation and place the foundations for the shore abutment, shown in far end of cofferdam. The foundations of this dam rest on hardpan - an indurated clay - from 18 to 24 feet below extreme low water at the site. The tower for the cable way across the river (on the line of the dam), concrete plant, stone yard, etc., shown in the distance."

25721. Steamboats on the Kanawha River from Alderson-Stephenson Building, Charleston, W.Va.

IDNO:
025723
Title:
Steamboats on the Kanawha River from Alderson-Stephenson Building, Charleston, W.Va.
Date:
1915
'This coach was built in 1860, cost $6,036.00; used by Virginia Central during Civil War and was one of the first passenger coaches used by C&O in W. Va.; used in shop train at Huntington for many years. It is scrapped in 1931.'

25722. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Shop Employees Car E13

IDNO:
025724
Title:
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Shop Employees Car E13
Description:
'This coach was built in 1860, cost $6,036.00; used by Virginia Central during Civil War and was one of the first passenger coaches used by C&O in W. Va.; used in shop train at Huntington for many years. It is scrapped in 1931.'
'Westward Ho - Delivered to Va. Central July 1857. Picture taken at Winifred Junction 1870. Andy F. Southworth, engineer, 'Barney' Hagen, fireman, standing on left side of pilot with tallow pot in his hand.'

25723. Westward Ho Locomotive at Winifred Junction.

IDNO:
025725
Title:
Westward Ho Locomotive at Winifred Junction.
Date:
1870
Description:
'Westward Ho - Delivered to Va. Central July 1857. Picture taken at Winifred Junction 1870. Andy F. Southworth, engineer, 'Barney' Hagen, fireman, standing on left side of pilot with tallow pot in his hand.'
'West Virginians love nature as much as the Greeks did.'

25724. View of Blackwater River, W.Va.

IDNO:
025726
Title:
View of Blackwater River, W.Va.
Description:
'West Virginians love nature as much as the Greeks did.'
A portrait of unidentified man: he is possibly connected to C&O Shop Employees Car E13 and/or Westward Ho used in Virginia Central in images 025724 and 025725.

25725. Unidentified Railroad Man

IDNO:
025727
Title:
Unidentified Railroad Man
Date:
1859-1860
Description:
A portrait of unidentified man: he is possibly connected to C&O Shop Employees Car E13 and/or Westward Ho used in Virginia Central in images 025724 and 025725.

25726. Locomotive

IDNO:
025728
Title:
Locomotive
'For followers of Izaak Walton, there are 1900 miles of trout streams in Monongahela National Forest. This print may be reproduced only with the credit line: U.S. Forest Service.'

25727. Trout Caught in Monongahela National Forest, W.Va.

IDNO:
025729
Title:
Trout Caught in Monongahela National Forest, W.Va.
Description:
'For followers of Izaak Walton, there are 1900 miles of trout streams in Monongahela National Forest. This print may be reproduced only with the credit line: U.S. Forest Service.'
'Deer in Game Farm. State Conservation Commission. Ch. 42, p. 562."

25728. Deer Standing in a Field, State Game Farm, French Creek, W.Va.

IDNO:
025730
Title:
Deer Standing in a Field, State Game Farm, French Creek, W.Va.
Description:
'Deer in Game Farm. State Conservation Commission. Ch. 42, p. 562."