Aerial View of Kanawha Airport, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1952
Description:
'Kanawha Airport, Charleston, W. Va., Elevation 985 feet, Class 4; Northeast-Southwest Runway 5200 feet. Northwest-Southeast Runway 4750 feet; More than 9,100,000 cubic yards rock and earth moved in its construction. Four and one half miles highway distance from downtown Charleston.'
Caption on back of postcard reads: "Charles Washington Memorial Hall located on one of the four corners, donated by Charles Washington, brother of General George Washington." See original for correspondence. Published by Tichnor Bros. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Aerial View of City and Kanawha Airport; Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1952
Description:
Caption on back of postcard reads: "Charleston, Capitol City of West Virginia. Located at the confluence of Elk and Kanawha Rivers in the heart of the State's Chemical, Coal, and Gas Industries. Kanawha Airport in the background represents greatest earth moving project in commercial aviation history. Nearly ten million cubic yards earth and rock were moved." Published by Kaeser and Blair. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Caption on back of postcard reads: "Near U.S. 219 a Thomas, Tucker County, is Blackwater Falls, 63 feet high. It is the most impressive spot in the rugged gorge of the Blackwater which drains the lovely Canaan Valley, rimmed about by mountains 3,700 feet high. This region was made famous in "Blackwater Chronicles" by Porte Crayon, the pen-name of General David Hunter Strother." See original for correspondence. Published by Tygart Valley News Company. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)