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The "Wild Goose" towboat pictured in a winter setting, was powered by steam stern wheel and built by The Charles Ward Engineering Works in Charleston, West Virginia.

169. Towboat, 'Wild Goose', Kanawha River, W. Va.

IDNO:
038844
Title:
Towboat, 'Wild Goose', Kanawha River, W. Va.
Date:
1927/12/16
Description:
The "Wild Goose" towboat pictured in a winter setting, was powered by steam stern wheel and built by The Charles Ward Engineering Works in Charleston, West Virginia.
Fred Secrest, an engineer for the Kanawha and Michigan Railway was not to be stopped by the flooded Wagner Railroad Yard in Point Pleasant, along the Ohio River. He backed the engine into the flooded yard, pulled down the hose into the water and filled up the boiler. Secrest is seen standing in back of the locomotive. (Engine 51-2511-566; Bald. 0-6-0 '87)

170. Engineer Fred B. Secrest Fills Up Engine No. 566 With Flood Water, Point Pleasant, W. Va.

IDNO:
038873
Title:
Engineer Fred B. Secrest Fills Up Engine No. 566 With Flood Water, Point Pleasant, W. Va.
Date:
1902
Description:
Fred Secrest, an engineer for the Kanawha and Michigan Railway was not to be stopped by the flooded Wagner Railroad Yard in Point Pleasant, along the Ohio River. He backed the engine into the flooded yard, pulled down the hose into the water and filled up the boiler. Secrest is seen standing in back of the locomotive. (Engine 51-2511-566; Bald. 0-6-0 '87)
The first train to cross over the new bridge of the Virginian Railway at Deep Water, West Virginia. The river is probably the Kanawha River.

171. Coal Train Crossing Over New Bridge, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039016
Title:
Coal Train Crossing Over New Bridge, Fayette County, W. Va.
Date:
1931/03/15
Description:
The first train to cross over the new bridge of the Virginian Railway at Deep Water, West Virginia. The river is probably the Kanawha River.
A colored wood craving illustration of Parkersburg on the Little Kanawha River in Wood County, Va. (later West Virginia). Several Federal troops from states west of the Ohio River were deployed here during the Civil War to hold vital railroad lines and turnpikes of which Parkersburg was the terminus.

172. Landing Of Federal Troops at Parkersburg, Western Virginia

IDNO:
039188
Title:
Landing Of Federal Troops at Parkersburg, Western Virginia
Date:
ca. 1861
Description:
A colored wood craving illustration of Parkersburg on the Little Kanawha River in Wood County, Va. (later West Virginia). Several Federal troops from states west of the Ohio River were deployed here during the Civil War to hold vital railroad lines and turnpikes of which Parkersburg was the terminus.
Post card photograph of a large house being transported on a river using scaffolding and pontoon boats. The river is probably the Kanawha or Elk River.

173. Moving Day on River, Kanawha County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039400
Title:
Moving Day on River, Kanawha County, W. Va.
Description:
Post card photograph of a large house being transported on a river using scaffolding and pontoon boats. The river is probably the Kanawha or Elk River.
Working boats and barges docked along the shoreline , with a bridge crossing the river in the background.

174. Scene on Elk River, Charleston, Kanawha County, W. Va.

IDNO:
040037
Title:
Scene on Elk River, Charleston, Kanawha County, W. Va.
Description:
Working boats and barges docked along the shoreline , with a bridge crossing the river in the background.
Unidentified workmen stand on stone piers during construction on the Grantsville Bridge.

175. Grantsville Bridge Over Little Kanawha River Under Construction, Calhoun Co., W. Va.

IDNO:
040537
Title:
Grantsville Bridge Over Little Kanawha River Under Construction, Calhoun Co., W. Va.
Date:
1912
Description:
Unidentified workmen stand on stone piers during construction on the Grantsville Bridge.

176. Building Bridge Across Little Kanawha River At Grantsville, W. Va.

IDNO:
040538
Title:
Building Bridge Across Little Kanawha River At Grantsville, W. Va.
Date:
1912
The "Edith" paddles on the Little Kanawha.

177. Packet Boat On Little Kanawha River, Calhoun Co., W. Va.

IDNO:
040539
Title:
Packet Boat On Little Kanawha River, Calhoun Co., W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1912-1917
Description:
The "Edith" paddles on the Little Kanawha.
Only identified member of the fishing party is Eva Dye Hathaway- young woman sitting center front wearing a hat.

178. Fishing in Little Kanawha River, Grantsville, W. Va.

IDNO:
040563
Title:
Fishing in Little Kanawha River, Grantsville, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1906-1915
Description:
Only identified member of the fishing party is Eva Dye Hathaway- young woman sitting center front wearing a hat.
From the souvenir edition of the Grantsville News, 1956.

179. Annamoriah Ferry, Little Kanawha River, Calhoun County, W. Va.

IDNO:
040567
Title:
Annamoriah Ferry, Little Kanawha River, Calhoun County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1956
Description:
From the souvenir edition of the Grantsville News, 1956.
Ferry used to transport vehicles across the Little Kanawha River.

180. Creston Ferry, Grantsville, Calhoun County, W. Va.

IDNO:
040572
Title:
Creston Ferry, Grantsville, Calhoun County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1956
Description:
Ferry used to transport vehicles across the Little Kanawha River.