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- IDNO:
- 048451
- Title:
- Close-Up of Damage to Bluestone Bridge After Collapse into Mouth of Bluestone River, Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1950
- Description:
- An unidentified man climbs up the collapsed structure.A week after the collapse the men began dismantling the twisted span, using a never before used technique by burning the steel beams with chemicals.Five workmen killed and four injured when the 300-ton span buckled and folded downward into the river.
- IDNO:
- 048452
- Title:
- Construction Workers Repairing Bluestone High Bridge After Its Collapse, Summers County, W. Va.
- Description:
- The men stand on the collapsed structure.A week after the collapse the men began dismantling the twisted span, using a never before used technique by burning the steel beams with chemicals.Five workmen killed and four injured when the 300-ton span buckled and folded downward into the mouth of Bluestone River.
- IDNO:
- 048453
- Title:
- Bluestone Bridge Disaster, Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1950
- Description:
- Three men observe the damage after the span of the bridge collapsed into the mouth of the Bluestone River.Five workmen killed and four injured when the 300-ton span buckled and folded downward into the mouth of Bluestone River.A week after the collapse the men began dismantling the twisted span, using a never before used technique by burning the steel beams with chemicals.
- IDNO:
- 048454
- Title:
- View Looking Up Bluestone River, Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 2002
- Description:
- Lilly Bridge, formerly known as Bluestone High Bridge, is pictured spanning across the mouth of the river.
- IDNO:
- 048455
- Title:
- Lilly Bridge Spanning Over Bluestone River, Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 2002
- Description:
- The bridge, formerly known as Bluestone High Bridge, crosses over the mouth of the river.
- IDNO:
- 048508
- Title:
- Bluestone Conference Center at Bertha Bluestone Reservoir, Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- Keller, Robert R.
- Description:
- A congregation of buildings are pictured to the left of the body of water.
- IDNO:
- 048514
- Title:
- Site of Bluestone Bridge Prior to Construction, Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Looking at the beginning of a reservoir created by the Bluestone Dam. To the right of the area pictured is the mouth of the Bluestone River.
- IDNO:
- 048515
- Title:
- Site of Bluestone Bridge Before its Construction, Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Looking over the reservoir created by Bluestone River Dam from the dirt road.
- IDNO:
- 048516
- Title:
- Bluestone River Running near True, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1920
- Description:
- View looking down the river. Two unidentified men are pictured on the far right on top of a rock overlooking the body of water.
- IDNO:
- 048518
- Title:
- Portrait of Billy Meador and Jim "Buckwheat" Lilly in the Bluestone River Valley, Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1920
- Description:
- Meador, pictured on the left, stands next to his friend, Lilly.
- IDNO:
- 048519
- Title:
- Group Pictured at Bluestone River Canyon, Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1900
- Description:
- R. O. Murrell pictured kneeling and his wife pictured on the right. A man on the left is wearing a dress. Other subjects unidentified.
- IDNO:
- 048520
- Title:
- Couple Posing Outside Nannie Meador Farm, Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1944
- Description:
- R. Harvey and Mildred Neely embrace between two parked cars in front of the farm house located near the mouth of Bluestone River.
