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Note the steamboat on the Monongahela River below Woodburn Circle.

1. WVU from University Hill, Morgantown, W. Va.

'#1 R.H. Gratz, BLW 1743, 7/18/68, 15x18" 44 0 21 ton. Ancient engine, the Gratz, one of the two engines which operated on the Laurel Fork and Sand Hill Rail Road.  Taken around 1880-1890.  Two persons on the tender are unidentified, but Swearingen said the two others were David Reece, engineer, and C. M. Jones, master mechanic.  The engine was scrapped in 1897, along with th railroad system.  (Picture to accompany Parkersburg News article, July 10, 1960).'

2. Engine on the Laurel Fork and Sand Hill Railroad

3. Woodburn Seminary, Morgantown, W. Va.

4. Woodburn Seminary, WVU, Morgantown, W. Va.

John Schaffer's store which was the last building standing in Volcano, West Virginia.

5. Schaffer's Store, Volcano, W. Va.

'Deserted site of Volcano in 1953 looking south from large tank.'

6. Deserted Site of Volcano, W. Va.

'Early tools used in the Volcano fields. Originals in Marietta, Ohio museum.'

7. Tools Used in Oil Fields of Volcano, W. Va.

'Remains of Volcano in 1907 Looking South.'

8. Volcano, W. Va.

'Tanks and loading rack at Volcano Junction. Here the Sand Hill and Laurel Fork Railroad met the Baltimore and Ohio. Both standard gauge tracks.'

9. Tanks and Loading Rack, Volcano, W. Va.

10. Gusher, Volcano, W. Va.

'The Volcano, Wood County oil fields, once the scene of fabulous supplies of oil, has become one of the ghosts areas of the county. The photo shows current operations at an old center, wherein an endless cable rolls over the wheels, driving the pumping mechanism for 25 wells in a large area.'

11. Oil Pumping Mechanism, Volcano, W. Va.

12. Barge on Ohio River Possibly Wood County, W. Va.