View of homes and factories in Nitro, a town created during WWI in 1917 to produce gunpowder for the war effort. The gunpowder factories are visible in the distance.

View of Nitro, W. Va.

Identifier:: 050459
Collection Number:: 4122
Title:: View of Nitro, W. Va.
Date:: 1919
Description:: View of homes and factories in Nitro, a town created during WWI in 1917 to produce gunpowder for the war effort. The gunpowder factories are visible in the distance.
Subjects:: Factories--West Virginia, Dwellings--West Virginia--Kanawha County., World War 1914-1918., World War, 1914-1918--West Virginia.
Geographic:: Kanawha County (W. Va.), Nitro (W. Va.)
Acquisition Source:: Cassidy, Brian
Acquisition Method:: Acquired
Medium:: print
Projects:: West Virginia History OnView