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- IDNO:
- 039157
- Title:
- Camp Eight of Engineers for Norfolk and Western Railroad, Tug Fork River, West Virginia
- Date:
- ca. 1892
- Description:
- Members of a team of engineers working on the Ohio Extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad through the Tug River Valley in Southern West Virginia. L to R: Flint, Russel, Wright.
- IDNO:
- 039159
- Title:
- Camp Six of Engineers for Norfolk and Western Railroad, Tug Fork River, West Virginia
- Date:
- ca. 1892
- Description:
- Unidentified engineers, working on the Ohio Extension, pose in front of a log cabin.
- IDNO:
- 039162
- Title:
- Railroad Construction Crew for Ohio Extension of Norfolk & Western Railroad on Tug Fork River
- Date:
- ca. 1892
- Description:
- Several workers pose next to a horse drawn cart used for hauling. This image is probably an example of pinpoint photography.
- IDNO:
- 039163
- Title:
- Norfolk & Western Railroad Contractors Supplies, Tug Fork River District, Southern West Virginia
- Date:
- ca. 1892
- Description:
- A barge loaded with supplies for the engineers and crews working on the Ohio Extension along the Tug Fork and Big Sandy Rivers between Welch in McDowell County and Kenova in Wayne County. None of the men are identified in the photograph.
- IDNO:
- 039167
- Title:
- Surveying for Ohio Extension of Norfolk and Western Railroad on Tug Fork River, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1892
- Description:
- Unidentified workers, part a team of engineers, survey for a tunnel, as two men stand inside an opening in the rocks.
- IDNO:
- 039168
- Title:
- Section 65 of Ohio Extension of Norfolk and Western Railroad, Tug Fork River, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1892
- Description:
- Railroad cut along the Tug Fork River.
- IDNO:
- 039169
- Title:
- Sunday on 'Tug', Tug Fork River, Southern West Virginia
- Date:
- ca. 1892
- Description:
- Group portrait of several families of the workers building the Ohio Extension of the Norfolk and Western Railroad along the Tug Fork and Big Sandy Rivers.
- IDNO:
- 039170
- Title:
- Civil Engineers at Norfolk & Western Railroad's Camp Eight, Tug Fork District, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1892
- Description:
- Only identified man is Herbert S. Thomas Sr., seated on the right.
- IDNO:
- 039172
- Title:
- Painter Creek Camp Meeting
- Date:
- ca. 1892
- Description:
- Photograph taken during the construction of the Ohio extension, part of Norfolk & Western Railroad. None of the individuals are identified.
- IDNO:
- 039174
- Title:
- 'Rene', Tug Fork River Area, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1892
- Description:
- An unidentified woman, wearing a matching sun-bonnet and dress, holding a little girl on her lap.
- IDNO:
- 039175
- Title:
- Home of Rene Bailey, Tug Fork River Area, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1892
- Description:
- A small split-logged cabin with a stone chimney, surrounded by a vegetable garden.
- IDNO:
- 039176
- Title:
- Short Pole Creek, McDowell County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1892
- Description:
- Elevated view of the Short Pole Creek, a tributary of the Tug Fork River.