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'Hawks Nest and mouth of Mill Creek. Below here the two tracks of the Chesapeake and Ohio are together on west side of river. Looking east southeast at mile 7.4.'

1. New River Near Hawks Nest, West Virginia

IDNO:: 026515
Title:: New River Near Hawks Nest, West Virginia
Date:: 1932
Description:: 'Hawks Nest and mouth of Mill Creek. Below here the two tracks of the Chesapeake and Ohio are together on west side of river. Looking east southeast at mile 7.4.'

'Diversion dam under construction by New Kanawha Power Company at Hawks Nest. Tunnel enters mountain at left of dam. Looking northeast at mile 6.3.'

2. New River Near Hawks Nest, West Virginia

IDNO:: 026518
Title:: New River Near Hawks Nest, West Virginia
Date:: 1932
Description:: 'Diversion dam under construction by New Kanawha Power Company at Hawks Nest. Tunnel enters mountain at left of dam. Looking northeast at mile 6.3.'

'Looking east northeast at mile 3.2. Adit to Hawks Nest tunnel near center of picture. Route U.S. 60 on side of canyon. Route No. 19 joins it near right, coming up from Cotton Hill bridge.'

3. New River Near Hawks Nest, West Virginia

IDNO:: 026524
Title:: New River Near Hawks Nest, West Virginia
Date:: 1932
Description:: 'Looking east northeast at mile 3.2. Adit to Hawks Nest tunnel near center of picture. Route U.S. 60 on side of canyon. Route No. 19 joins it near right, coming up from Cotton Hill bridge.'

'Bridge at Gauley Junction in foreground. Hawks Nest power house, under construction a short distance upstream; cleared strip indicates tunnel line. Looking southeast at mile 1.0 (one mile above Gauley River).'

4. New River Near Hawks Nest, West Virginia

IDNO:: 026527
Title:: New River Near Hawks Nest, West Virginia
Date:: 1932
Description:: 'Bridge at Gauley Junction in foreground. Hawks Nest power house, under construction a short distance upstream; cleared strip indicates tunnel line. Looking southeast at mile 1.0 (one mile above Gauley River).'

5. Scene from Hawk's Nest Rock near Ansted, W. Va.

IDNO:: 052148
Title:: Scene from Hawk's Nest Rock near Ansted, W. Va.
Date:: undated