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A man standing near the opening of Chiswell's Hole in Wythe County, Virginia. Chiswell's Hole is locateed just off of New River. Another view partially inside the hole is shown in photo p-03859.
A man standing near the...  
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A family poses in front of their house. Note the small garden in front of the family. Photo was likely taken in Austinville, Virginia. The year is unknown.
A family poses in front of...  
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Spoil tips at a mine in Austinville, Virginia, ca 1910-1920. Likely the same area shown in photo p-03882
Spoil tips at a mine in...  
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View of Jackson's Ferry. The ferry was established by Captain William Herbert before the revolution and operated until 1930, when a bridge was built. The ferry has since been destroyed, but the shot
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View of a burro in Austinville, Virginia. The year is unknown.
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A group of cows aboard an old ferry in Austinville, Virginia. The year is unknown.
A group of cows aboard an...  
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View of a man herding a group of cows into the river. The river photographed is likely New River in Austinville, Virginia. Note the buildings in the background.
View of a man herding a...  
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Possibly New River where it cuts through Hernatete-Foster Falls, about 1/2 mile northeast of Foster Falls, VA. View is looking upstream to the southwest toward Hernatete Mountain.
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A man posing with a bull. The bull is wearing a type of device. Photo was likely take in Austinville, Virginia.
A man posing with a bull....  
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View of Power Dam on New River in Austinville, Virginia. Note the low water levels; this photo was likely taken prior to the flood shown in photo p-03912, ca 1916.
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An area of an oxide plant in Austinville, Virginia. To the right are the power lines with a coal stack in the background, ca 1910-1920
An area of an oxide plant...  
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W.O. Borcherdt's dog looking out of a window in Austinville, Virginia.
W.O. Borcherdt's dog...  
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View of a roaster building and Stack at Austinville, Virginia. Photographed from the Superintendents Residence. The Bag House is also shown to the right under construction.
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View from the inside of Chiswell's Hole, looking out to the river in Wythe County, Virginia. Chiswell's Hole is located just off of New River.
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Workers at the Power Dam. They were likely working on cleaning up or repairing the dam. Photo p-03919 was likely taken at the same time, ca 1916
Workers at the Power Dam....  
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Looking southwest from Blue Grass Field toward a present town site. The road goes down to Buddle Branch and Fulton Farm. View is a group of sheep.
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W.O. Borcherdt (right) holding his daughter, Dorothy. The man on the left is C.E. Taylor or Fred Riede. The location is very likely in the vicinity of Austinville, Virginia
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A landscape view of a stream, likely in Austinville, Virginia near New River. Note the buildings in the distance near the stream as well as the fence that goes through the stream.
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Another view of a Jackson Ferry shot tower in Austinville, Virginia. The tower was built in about 1820 for the manufacture of shots. Shots were created by pouring smelted lead through a sizing sieve,
Another view of a Jackson...  
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View of a Jackson Ferry shot tower in Austinville, Virginia. The tower was built in about 1820 for the manufacture of shots. Shots were created by pouring smelted lead through a sizing sieve, which tu
View of a Jackson Ferry...  
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A man stands near a Tramway to Old Mill. Note the debris in front and next to him. Railroad tracks are shown to the right, as well as New River in the background, ca 1910-1920
A man stands near a...  
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A railroad that leads into a tunnel next to a large body of water. Tunnel and railroad is located 1/4 mile Northeast of Austinville, Virginia. The tunnel connected the riverbank and shaft and was used
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View from just atop the water, looking at the river and a small hill with dead trees to the left. Chiswell's Hole is partially shown on the left side of the small hill to the right of the photo. Rive
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View of a trolley tunnel in Austinville, Virginia, pre 1920. Shown to the left of the photo is a woman standing on the tracks leading to the tunnel. Behind the woman seems to be a trolley sitting on t
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Spoil tips (shown in the background) and an old chute or trestle (shown to the right of the photo) at a mine in Austinville, Virginia.
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Looking northwest from an office, towards a herd of cows going to the ferry to prepare for transport. Located in Austinville, Virginia.
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View of Chiswell's Hole (shown to the bottom in the middle, just above the water) in Austinville, Virginia. The river in front of Chiswell's Hole is New River.
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A furnace in Austinville Virginia, likely used to roast sulfide to produce oxide.
A furnace in Austinville...  
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Another view of the oxide plant in Austinville, Virginia. See photos p-03885 - p-03890 for different angles.
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Close up view of a shovel in mud. For another view, see photo p-03920. The workers were likely cleaning up the area around the dam or fixing the structure, ca 1916
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View of water falling through a structure at the Power Dam on New River in Austinville, Virginia. Photo was likely taken prior to the flood shown in photo p-03912, pre 1916
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Another Borcherdt screen in a different spot. A type of rotary screen, often used in mining for separating different materials. See photo p-03910 for the screen being used in a different position.
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The front porch of the Superintendent's Residence in Austinville, Virginia. See photo p-03908 for another view during the winter.
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A scene at Fulton Farm in Austinville, Virginia. Note the barn in the background.
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View of Power Dam in Austinville, Virginia. This photo was likely taken prior to the flood shown in photo p-03912, ca 1916.
View of Power Dam in...  
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A screen often used to separate material. Larger objects would fall out of the screen as it spun and the smaller material would fall through the screen. Likely used at a mill in Austinville, Virginia.
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An area of a coal mine in Austinville, Virginia. The trolley cart is shown to the bottom left of the photo and other debris is scattered around it, ca 1910-1920
An area of a coal mine in...  
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A Scene at the Fulton Farm in Austinville, Virginia. The year is unknown.
A Scene at the Fulton Farm...  
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View of a rushing New River with a small hill in the background in Austinville Virginia, ca 1916. Photo was taken during a flood.
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A building at an oxide plant in Austinville, Virginia. The tall building in the background is also shown in photo p-0388.
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The sluiceway to the Old Log Washer in Austinville, Virginia. Sluiceways were often used for carrying water from one place to another.
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View of a structure at the Power Dam in Austinville, Virginia. Note the water spilling into New River in the background towards the right. There is also a man shown towards the right, working on the d
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Another view of Old Log Washer in Austinville, Virginia. Log washers were used to clean off contaminants that may cause any damage to materials such as stone, gravel, ore, etc. See photo p-03901 for a
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View of men working on a railroad that comes out of a mine, likely in Austinville, Virginia, ca 1910-1920.
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View of an old scale at Old Mill in Austinville, Virginia. Wheelbarrows full of material would be palced onto the scale and weight was observed.
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View of a section of the Power Dam on New River in Austinville, Virginia. Note the damage to the structure towards the middle of the photo. Photo was likely taken before the flood shown in photo p-039
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View of Old Log washer, prior to 1920. View is looking northeast toward Austinville, Virginia. Old mill is shown toward the right of the photo on the hill slope. Note the river to the left; this is li
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Another view of a structure at the Power Dam in Austinville, Virginia, likely photographed prior to the flood shown in photo p-03912, ca 1916. The water here is from New River.
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