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'Looking southwest at mile 201.3 about one mile below dam at Fries. Blair ferry in middle ground. Branch of Norfolk & Western Railroad on west side of river.'

13. New River at Fries, Virginia

IDNO:
026189
Title:
New River at Fries, Virginia
Date:
1932
Description:
'Looking southwest at mile 201.3 about one mile below dam at Fries. Blair ferry in middle ground. Branch of Norfolk & Western Railroad on west side of river.'
'Fries, Virginia (population 1930, 2,205). Looking west southwest opposite mile 203. Dam, forebay, and cotton mill of Washington Mills Company.'

14. New River at Fries, Virginia

IDNO:
026190
Title:
New River at Fries, Virginia
Date:
1932
Description:
'Fries, Virginia (population 1930, 2,205). Looking west southwest opposite mile 203. Dam, forebay, and cotton mill of Washington Mills Company.'
'Looking nearly south at mile 199.8. Dixon ferry in middle ground. Galax, Virginia, in distance (population 1930, 2,544). Camera pointed toward sun.'

15. New River Near Galax, Virginia

IDNO:
026191
Title:
New River Near Galax, Virginia
Date:
1932
Description:
'Looking nearly south at mile 199.8. Dixon ferry in middle ground. Galax, Virginia, in distance (population 1930, 2,544). Camera pointed toward sun.'
'Looking south southwest at mile 198.2. Tobys Knob in left center. State Highway No. 116 crosses right half of picture. Foreground is on Max Meadows quadrangle.'

16. New River Near Tobys Knob, Virginia

IDNO:
026192
Title:
New River Near Tobys Knob, Virginia
Date:
1932
Description:
'Looking south southwest at mile 198.2. Tobys Knob in left center. State Highway No. 116 crosses right half of picture. Foreground is on Max Meadows quadrangle.'
'Looking west southwest at mile 196.6. Fries Junction on Norfolk & Western Railroad; bridge is on Galax branch which extends up Chestnut Creek.'

17. New River Near Galax, Virginia

IDNO:
026193
Title:
New River Near Galax, Virginia
Description:
'Looking west southwest at mile 196.6. Fries Junction on Norfolk & Western Railroad; bridge is on Galax branch which extends up Chestnut Creek.'
'Looking south at mile 194.6. Byllesby hydroelectric plant of Appalachian Electric Power Company.

18. New River in Virginia

IDNO:
026194
Title:
New River in Virginia
Date:
1932
Description:
'Looking south at mile 194.6. Byllesby hydroelectric plant of Appalachian Electric Power Company.
'Looking east southeast at mile 192.5. Buck hydroelectric plant of Appalachian Electric Power Company; Poplar Camp Mountain on left; on right slopes of Round Top which are included in Unaka National Forest.'

19. New River in Virginia

IDNO:
026195
Title:
New River in Virginia
Date:
1932
Description:
'Looking east southeast at mile 192.5. Buck hydroelectric plant of Appalachian Electric Power Company; Poplar Camp Mountain on left; on right slopes of Round Top which are included in Unaka National Forest.'
'Looking south southeast at mile 190.4. Carbide plant in foreground; Buck hydroelectric plant in background; substation in center; Unaka National Forest at right, gaging station of Geological Survey at Ivanhoe just to left of picture.'

20. New River Near Ivanhoe, Virginia

IDNO:
026196
Title:
New River Near Ivanhoe, Virginia
Date:
1932
Description:
'Looking south southeast at mile 190.4. Carbide plant in foreground; Buck hydroelectric plant in background; substation in center; Unaka National Forest at right, gaging station of Geological Survey at Ivanhoe just to left of picture.'
'Bridge on Norfolk & Western Railroad about a mile below Ivanhoe, looking southeast at mile 187.5. Prospecting shaft for zinc on point beyond railroad.'

21. New River Near Ivanhoe, Virginia

IDNO:
026197
Title:
New River Near Ivanhoe, Virginia
Date:
1932
Description:
'Bridge on Norfolk & Western Railroad about a mile below Ivanhoe, looking southeast at mile 187.5. Prospecting shaft for zinc on point beyond railroad.'
'Zinc mines at Austinville (mile 185.4); old tailings dump in center; old smelter just beyond; present main workings and mill buildings are just off picture to right. Operatives' cottages in left foreground. Office of Bertha Mineral Company, a subsidiary of New Jersey Zinc Company, post office and Austinville ferry to right of tailings. Iron Mountain in left background.'

22. New River Near Austinville, Virginia

IDNO:
026198
Title:
New River Near Austinville, Virginia
Date:
1932
Description:
'Zinc mines at Austinville (mile 185.4); old tailings dump in center; old smelter just beyond; present main workings and mill buildings are just off picture to right. Operatives' cottages in left foreground. Office of Bertha Mineral Company, a subsidiary of New Jersey Zinc Company, post office and Austinville ferry to right of tailings. Iron Mountain in left background.'
'Austinville and zinc mines in middle distance; present tailings dump to left; mill buildings in center just beyond town; looking southwest at mile 184.6.'

23. New River Near Austinville, Virginia

IDNO:
026199
Title:
New River Near Austinville, Virginia
Date:
1932
Description:
'Austinville and zinc mines in middle distance; present tailings dump to left; mill buildings in center just beyond town; looking southwest at mile 184.6.'
'Bridge in foreground on U.S. Highway No. 121, which was constructed in 1930 and 1931 to replace Jacksons ferry; old ferry-boat still visible. About an inch above left end of bridge is old shot tower about 100 feet in height. Austinville in left distance. Looking west at mile 182.2.'

24. New River Near Austinville, Virginia

IDNO:
026200
Title:
New River Near Austinville, Virginia
Date:
1932
Description:
'Bridge in foreground on U.S. Highway No. 121, which was constructed in 1930 and 1931 to replace Jacksons ferry; old ferry-boat still visible. About an inch above left end of bridge is old shot tower about 100 feet in height. Austinville in left distance. Looking west at mile 182.2.'