Text reads, "Wreckage of auto owned by N. Y. couple. Car and $3000 of wedding presents were complete loss and owners were stranded on the roof of the Ours home for 15 hours in the Flood June 17 1949. Flash flood, Petersburg, W. Va."
Text reads, "Mountain Slide, approx. 2 1/2 mi. Torrential rains on June 17 1949 brought tons of earth and rock from mountain side blocking routes 4 and 28. Petersburg, W. Va."
Text reads, "Scene of south end of Petersburg, W. Va. as raging waters carry away slaughterhouse in foreground. Photo by Addison. Flood of June 17 1949."
Text reads, "Flood scene, Petersburg, W. Va. June 17, 1949. Photo shows Ours home resting on Rt. 4 and 28. Travellers from N. Y. were stranded on this roof for 15 hours."
The Bloomington Bridge, finished around 1842, was part of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's route past Piedmont, W. Va. The bridge crosses the North Branch Potomac River.
Willard Hotel and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station, Grafton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1912
Description:
Willard Hotel and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station in Grafton, W. Va. are located on East Main Street. The station was built in 1911 and the hotel in 1913.
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Station and C. P. Huntington Monument, Huntington, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1927
Description:
Text on the back reads, "The Collins P. Huntington Monument. Erected Oct. 22, 1924, in memory of Collins P. Huntington, the founder of the cities of Huntington, W. Va. and Newport News, Va. He was born Oct. 22, 1821 at Harwington, Conn. Through his efforts in 1862, the Central Pacific Railroad Company was formed to construct a telegraph and railroad line from the Pacific Coast to Ogden, Utah, to connect with the Union Pacific Railroad. The completion of this project placed him in the foremost ranks of American empire builders. He was president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company from 1869 to 1887. Died Aug. 13, 1900."
Text on back reads: "North Fork Cottages, 9 Miles West of Petersburg, W. Va., On Routes 4 and 28, P. O. Cabins, W. Va., Fred and Thera Harman, owners." Cabins is an unincorporated community near Petersburg in the Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area of Monongahela National Forest.
Virginia Electric and Power Company, Near Davis, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1965
Description:
Text on back reads, "The new multi-million dollar electric power plant on W. Va. Route 93, between Mt. Storm on Route 50 and Blackwater Falls at Davis, W. Va. This plant, built on Stony River, also affords a lake for boating and fishing."
The North Fork Cottages are located on Routes 4 and 28 in Cabins, W. Va., an unincorporated community in Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area of Monongahela National Forest.
Text on the front reads, "Nancy Hanks, mother of Lincoln, was born beyond the Saddle. The Devil's Saddle from Allegheny Front Mountain, 8 miles west of New Creek, W. Va. U.S. 50. Elevation 2725 feet."
Virginia Electric and Power Company, Mt. Storm, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Text on back reads, "West Virginia Energy Center, Mt. Storm Power Station, Star Route Box 430, Mt. Storm, WV 26739. The Mount Storm Power Station is located on Mt. Storm Lake in the rugged Allegheny Mountains of north-eastern West Virginia. The 1,200-acre lake, built to serve the power station, also serves as a public recreation center. The station is known as a "mine-mouth" plant and is the largest coal-fired power station owned and operated by Virginia Power."