Caption on back of postcard reads: "Kanawha Airport was officially opened on December 1, 1947. Four commercial airlines - American, Eastern, Capital and Piedmont - operating more than forty daily schedules over five routes, now serve Kanawha Airport, providing Charleston and surrounding area with direct passenger, air mail, express and cargo service, without change of plane, to fifty cities of the United States. Kanawha Airport involved in the greatest earth moving project in the history of commercial aviation. More than 9,100,000 cubic yards of earth and rock were moved." Published by The S. Spencer Moore Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

Kanawha Airport; Charleston, W. Va.

Identifier:: 042782
Title:: Kanawha Airport; Charleston, W. Va.
Creator:: Bollinger
Description:: Caption on back of postcard reads: "Kanawha Airport was officially opened on December 1, 1947. Four commercial airlines - American, Eastern, Capital and Piedmont - operating more than forty daily schedules over five routes, now serve Kanawha Airport, providing Charleston and surrounding area with direct passenger, air mail, express and cargo service, without change of plane, to fifty cities of the United States. Kanawha Airport involved in the greatest earth moving project in the history of commercial aviation. More than 9,100,000 cubic yards of earth and rock were moved." Published by The S. Spencer Moore Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Acquisition Source:: Atkins
Acquisition Method:: Acquired
Medium:: postcard
Projects:: West Virginia History OnView