https://www.wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/050459https://www.wvhistoryonview.org/image/050459.jpgView of Nitro, W. Va.1919Factories--West VirginiaWorld War 1914-1918.World War, 1914-1918--West Virginia.Dwellings--West Virginia--Kanawha County.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.West Virginia History OnView