Morgantown Printing and Binding, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1924/02
Description:
Employees of the Morgantown Printing and Binding business pose for a group portrait. The business was located at the corner of Pleasant and Chestnut Streets in Morgantown, West Virginia.
Morgantown Printing and Binding, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1924/02
Description:
Three men are working at the Morgantown Printing and Binding Company at its new location, the corner of Kirk and Chestnut Streets in Morgantown, West Virginia.
People can be seen in upstairs apartment windows and standing in front of Stines Restaurant, located between Shnatterleys Restaurant and the Second National Bank.
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company, Sabraton, W. Va.
Date:
1920
Description:
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company located in Sabraton, W. Va., near Morgantown, W. Va. Houses on the far side of the factory. Bare ground on near side of factory.
Performing Maintenance on a Gas Turbine at the Coal Research Bureau, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1960-1970
Description:
Coal Research Bureau (Bureau of Mines). Charles N. Resenecker of the Bureau's gas turbine staff checks assembly of the bearing between the turbine and compressor rotors. The large bladed rotor at the left contains the new blades, and is the heart of the gas turbine plant. The air compressor is the bladed unit at the right. Hot high-speed gases from the combustion of coal spin the rotor at the left and then leave through an exhaust stack (not shown). The air compresor, rotated by the turbine, supplies air needed to burn the coal. The turbine also drives electric generators (not shown in this photograph).
'Dupont Chemical Company, now Morgantown Ordnance Works.' A few houses surround the plant. The river is located on the far side of the plant. Automobiles can be located in the parking lots.
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company, Sabraton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900-1910
Description:
American Sheet and Tin Mill looking South East. Located in Morgantown, W. Va. Men and children sitting on fence located near Mill. Houses located near Mill.
Interior of American Sheet and Tin Mill, Morgantown, W.Va.
Description:
'This picture shows the spare rolls ready to take the place of those constantly in use in the hot mills. This mill uses 50 or 60 of them and they are relieved from duty once a week and sent to a roll turner who redresses each and again makes it ready for duty in some one of the many hot mills where it does another dollars work. One on the extreme right is the barshear which easily cuts the cold steel shown in the upper part of this picture and allows the pieces 15 to 30 inches (in length) to fall at it's side ready for the furnace where they are heated before bringing them into the hot mills. In the lower center the doubling shears are shown.'
Beaumont's Union Stopper Factory, Morgantown, W. Va.
Description:
Beaumonts's Union Stopper Company. Road leading to factory in Morgantown, W. Va. Baltimore and Ohio rail cars near the right side of building. To the extreme left, another company is visible.
Employees of Wilson Chevrolet in Morgantown, West Virginia. Back Row: left to right: M. R. Moore, Buck Core, Lemley T. Jamison, John Lough. Front row: Earl Metseller, Okey Dewitt, Mac McGinnis, and Dave Wilson.
