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A group portrait of boys going home from Monongah Glass Works, Fairmont, W. Va.  Credit National Archives 102-LH-185.<br />

1405. Boys Going Home From Monongah Glass Works, Fairmont, W. Va.

This picture was taken in Oneida N.Y. in 1880. These glass workers are all from the Durbanville factory. Sitting down from left to right are: Charles Boudon, Adrian Boudon, Robert Andris, Edward Andris, Victor Lang, Mr Dichano, Edward Andris.  4th from left; sitting at table with mark on face is Grandfather of Leo Wery of Henryetta, Floyd Wery of Ft. Smith and Chas. Wery of Shreveport. This was Mr. Myers bar of Oneida.  The other names are unknown but are all glass workers of the Durbanville factory.

1406. Glass Workers at Myers Saloon, Oneida, N. Y.

Group portrait of glass workers.  Carl Heinty, Duivillie, Clark Dunn, Carl Johnson, Thomas, Dunn, Earl Bollinge, Walter Reitz, Occan Strom, Louie House, Altman-Packer, Charles Nixon, Charles Fish, Charles Clark, Herbert Heintz, Fred Laurence, Harry Nixon, William Faul.

1407. Glass Workers

Group portrait of the Marilla Window Glass Cutters of Morgantown, W. Va. On Engine from left to right: Arthur Lewis, Hugh Fairfield, Dan McLamell, Jim Kifer, Deney Lelabey, Fred Salzman, Orcan DuBoise, Frank Dallons. Standing on Engine: Harry Davenport. Standing on platform: Arthur Swan, Bill Lewis.

1408. Marilla Window Glass Cutters, Morgantown, W. Va.

An old method of extracting salt. Salt was lifted out of water and placed on the boards 'walkways' to drain. It was then removed in wheelbarrows for storage.

1409. Salt Extracting Plant

Close up of a Bromine Still.  The salt has been removed and Bromine is now being extracted.

1410. Bromine Still

Group of salt wells with a railroad in the background. From wood cut made before 1900. This date is indicated by the fact that the picture clearly shows the salt wells being pumped by the sucker rod system, which was discontinued about 1898 for compressed air. The railroad tracks shown in foreground were not built until about 1890.

1411. Salt Wells and Railroad

Pipes running along side the exterior of a wall.

1412. Pipes To Preheater from Settling Tank

Salt well.  Two men are standing in the distance next to a telephone pole.

1413. Salt Wells

Picture of 17 genuine Kanawha Salt Bags from J.Q. Dickinson and Co., Malden, W. Va.  Also bags of Charmco Feeds Screened Cracked Corn from the Charleston Milling Company, Charleston, W. Va.

1414. Genuine Kanawha Salt Bags

A salt well derrick in the midst of winter.

1415. One of the First Salt Wells Drilled for J.Q. Dickinson &amp; Company

Salt well and salt dryer (in background) in the wintertime.

1416. Salt Well and Salt Dryer (In Background)