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A photograph of a man putting out a fire with an extinguisher as part of fire safety training with a large group observing in front of WVU Mechanical Hall.

1. Fire Safety Training

2. Group with Coal Mine Safety Training Device

View of the field which is now where the MountainLair is located. In the background is the Armory and to the right of that is Mechanical Hall, which burned down in 1956. To the right is Commencement Hall, with grandstand attached to the back. To the left and up the hill is Stalnakar Hall.

3. Athletic Field, West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.

4. Mechanical Hall II Machine Shop, West Virginia University

View of students walking around North High Street.  Fraternity houses on left side of street.  Ruins of Mechanical Hall II on front left.  Girls dorm, Boreman, on right.  Men's Halls, later changed to Boreman when girls were to live in them.

5. Fraternity Row, North High Street, Morgantown, W. Va.

'News and Information Services; West Virginia University; Morgantown, W. Va.'

6. Mechanical Hall II, West Virginia University

Two soldiers enrolled at WVU for "Army Specialized Training Program" during World War II.

7. ASTP Soldiers Relax at Entry to Mechanical Hall, West Virginia University

8. Mechanical Hall II and the Armory, West Virginia University

9. Mechanical Hall II Pottery Class, West Virginia University

Mechanical Hall II stood where the Mountainlair parking garage plaza is today, bordering Prospect Street.  The old Armory building bounded N. High Street enclosing the area that is now the Mountainlair plaza for a football field that was used until the stadium below Woodburn Hall was built.

10. Mechanical Hall II, West Virginia University

11. Armory, West Virginia University

'I. C. White, wife and daughter on White property, site of present Chemistry Building Annex.  The entire White property now is the site of the Mineral Industry (White Hall) Building, Library, Chemistry Building, and Annex.  In front of Mechanical Hall, Prospect Street where library is now.'

12. Israel C. White Family Feeding Chickens behind Mechanical Hall II, West Virginia University

View of machine in Mechanical Hall II building, where room 117 is now.

13. Mechanical Hall II Metal Shop, West Virginia University

14. Students in Mine Safety Gear in Front of Mechanical Hall II, West Virginia University

Wharton Harris Co. Safety Boiler built for West Virginia University 1894.

15. Boilers in Mechanical Hall II, West Virginia University

16. Mechanical Hall II Sub Basement, West Virginia University

View of students and instructor at Mechanical Hall II building.  Instructor- left background, Stillman.

17. Mechanical Hall II Wood Shop Class, West Virginia University

18. Mechanical Hall II Power Lab, West Virginia University

19. Mechanical Hall II Electrical Lab, West Virginia University

20. Mechanical Hall II Classroom, West Virginia University

21. Equipment in Mechanical Hall II, West Virginia University

22. Mechanical Hall II Lab, West Virginia University

23. Mechanical Hall II Hydraulics Lab, West Virginia University

24. WVU Football Team

25. Mechanic in Mechanical Hall Machine Shop, West Virginia University

26. Mechanical Hall II, West Virginia University

27. Machinists at Work in Mechanical Hall II, West Virginia University

28. Machinists at Work in Mechanical Hall II, West Virginia University

29. Cars Parked in front of Mechanical Hall II, West Virginia University

'Left to Right: Corner Mechanical Hall, Chemistry, old cafeteria (later used for buildings and grounds), Administration, & bleachers in back of Reynolds Hall.'

30. Old Athletic Field Behind Reynolds Hall, West Virginia University

31. Group of Soldiers Talking with Women Outside the Armory and Mechanical Hall at West Virginia University

32. ROTC Band and Cadets on the Athletic Field, West Virginia University

33. ROTC Ceremony in front of the Armory, West Virginia University

34. ROTC Ceremony on the Athletic Field, West Virginia University

R. P. Davis's engineering class poses outside of the university building.

35. Engineering Class in Front of Mechanical Hall, West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.

Students of pipe fitting class of 1927 pose in Mechanical Hall with Rufus West on far right.

36. Pipe Fitting Class, West Virginia

Male students working hard in a forge shop.

37. Forge Shop, Mechanical Hall, West Virginia University

38. ROTC Cadets Performing Calisthenics, West Virginia University

39. Mechanical Hall II, West Virginia University

Boiler room at back.

40. Mechanical Hall II, West Virginia University

WVU College of Engineering students working in electrical engineering laboratory under the office in Mechanical Hall.  'Rheostat nicknamed 'baby carriage.'

41. Electrical Engineering Laboratory in Mechanical Hall II, West Virginia University

42. Engineering Students at Work in the Electrical Laboratory in Mechanical Hall, West Virginia University

43. Three Men in Mine Safety Equipment in front of Mechanical Hall, West Virginia University

44. Equipment in Mechanical Hall, West Virginia University

45. Mechanical Hall Electrical Lab, West Virginia University

An apparatus housed in the Mechanical Hall.

46. Equipment in Mechanical Hall, West Virginia University

Apparatus in the Mechanical Hall.

47. Equipment in Mechanical Hall, West Virginia University

48. Equipment in Mechanical Hall, West Virginia University

A workshop in the Mechanical Hall shows rows of machinery in the room.

49. Mechanical Hall Workshop, West Virginia University

In a workshop in the Mechanical Hall students gain experiences on different machinery.

50. Mechanical Hall Students in Workshop , West Virginia University

A safety boiler especially made for WVU in the Mechanical Hall.

51. Mechanical Hall Boiler, West Virginia University

A view of safety boiler from the top.

52. Mechanical Hall Boiler, West Virginia University

'Old Drawing Room, now Electronics Lab.'

53. Students Studying in Mechanical Hall, West Virginia University

54. Mechanical Hall II Rear View, West Virginia University

Cost of build was $55,000.

55. New Mechanical Hall Nearing Completion, West Virginia University

56. Mechanical Hall II Equipment, West Virginia University

57. Mechanical Hall II Interior, West Virginia University

58. Mechanical Hall II Switch Board, West Virginia University

59. College Grounds, WVU, W. Va.

60. Mechanical Hall II, West Virginia University

Front view of the second Mechanical Hall building, located across the Chemistry Research Laboratory.

61. Mechanical Hall II, West Virginia University

Armory Building and Mechanical Hall bordered the old athletic field.

62. Tennis Courts and Athletic Field during a Football Game, West Virginia University

'This is the new building for the College of Engineering, taking the place of the one destroyed by fire in 1899.'  This photo is from a booklet, West Virginia University and its Picturesque Surroundings, 1901.

63. Architect's Drawing of Engineering Hall, West Virginia University

A male in Mechanical Hall Lab operates on machine.

64. Student in Mechanical Hall Lab C, West Virginia University

Possibly an electrical power generator.

65. Equipment in Mechanical Hall, West Virginia University

66. Power Equipment in Mechanical Hall, West Virginia University

A worker at machine housed in the Mechanical Hall.

67. Student Operating a Lathe, Mechanical Hall, West Virginia University

An electrical power board in the Mechanical Hall: a sign reads 'POSITIVELY NO ONE BUT ELECTRICIAN ALLOWED ON THIS PLATFORM, KEEP OFF'

68. Electrical Power Board, Mechanical Hall, West Virginia University

A view of Power Laboratory in the Mechanical Hall.

69. Mechanical Hall Power Laboratory, West Virginia University

70. Equipment in Mechanical Hall, West Virginia University

71. Equipment in Mechanical Hall, West Virginia University

72. Steam Engine in Mechanical Hall, West Virginia University

A close-up view of apparatus in the Mechanical Hall.

73. Steam Engine in Mechanical Hall, West Virginia University

74. Mechanical Hall II Machine Shop, West Virginia University

75. Mechanical Hall II, West Virginia University

76. Mechanical Hall II, West Virginia University

77. Mechanical Hall II, West Virginia University

78. Mechanical Hall II Electrical Shop, West Virginia University

79. Students at Work in the Foundry, Mechanical Hall II, West Virginia University

Front view of Mechanical Hall II building.

80. Mechanical Hall II, West Virginia University

81. Interior of Mechanical Hall II, West Virginia University

82. Mechanical Hall II, West Virginia University

Horse drawn wagon and an early model car are parked beside Mechanical Hall II.

83. Mechanical Hall II, West Virginia University

'I. C. White property included present sites of Min. Ind. Bldg, (White Hall); Library; Chemistry Building, and Chemistry Annex.'

84. Israel C. White Family Feeding Chickens behind Mechanical Hall II, West Virginia University

85. Mechanical Hall II Rear View, West Virginia University

86. Mechanical Hall II Forge Shop, West Virginia University

Lower right hand corner 'H-3666 the Black Diamond'.

87. Armory and Mechanical Hall, West Virginia University

Cadets march in formation in Drill Field with Armory and Mechanical Hall in the background.

88. ROTC Exercise in front of Armory, West Virginia University

Army Cadets of Specialized Training Program chat near Mechanical Building; one cadet is in a wheel chair.

89. Army ROTC Cadets Enrolled in Specialized Training Program, West Virginia University

90. Students Playing Baseball in Front of the Armory and Mechanical Hall, West Virginia University

Mechanical Hall sits on the corner of North High Street and Prospect Street; trolley tracks are laid on the streets.

91. Mechanical Hall Addition, West Virginia University

A view of Mechanical Hall woodshop.

92. Mechanical Hall Woodshop , West Virginia University

A view of blacksmith shop at the Mechanical Hall.

93. Mechanical Hall Blacksmith Shop, West Virginia University

94. Chitwood (Science) Hall, West Virginia University

A view of Mechanical Hall apparatus.

95. Equipment in Mechanical Hall, West Virginia University

An interior of the Mechanical Hall.

96. Equipment in Mechanical Hall, West Virginia University