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Man stands on runningboards of a truck that is being loaded with dirt.

1. Construction on Site of Pure Oil Gas Station, Grafton, W. Va.

IDNO:
005946
Title:
Construction on Site of Pure Oil Gas Station, Grafton, W. Va.
Date:
1926
Description:
Man stands on runningboards of a truck that is being loaded with dirt.
Workers scatter across the construction site. Cranes helps lift supplies onto the bridge. A train is pictured on top of the bridge, perhaps bringing in additional supplies.

2. Rebuilding C. & O. Railroad Bridge Over Greenbrier River at Lowell, W. Va.

IDNO:
048323
Title:
Rebuilding C. & O. Railroad Bridge Over Greenbrier River at Lowell, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
Workers scatter across the construction site. Cranes helps lift supplies onto the bridge. A train is pictured on top of the bridge, perhaps bringing in additional supplies.
A group of unidentified men stand beside the construction equipment at the site of the bridge to go over the mouth of the Bluestone River.

3. First Bluestone Bridge Under Construction, True, W. Va.

IDNO:
048431
Title:
First Bluestone Bridge Under Construction, True, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920
Description:
A group of unidentified men stand beside the construction equipment at the site of the bridge to go over the mouth of the Bluestone River.
A crane and other construction equipment surrounds the construction site. The bridge looks at Larkin Meador farm, pictured to the left, and up Pipestem Creek.

4. Construction Site of First Bluestone Bridge at Mouth of Bluestone River, Summers County, w. Va.

IDNO:
048432
Title:
Construction Site of First Bluestone Bridge at Mouth of Bluestone River, Summers County, w. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
A crane and other construction equipment surrounds the construction site. The bridge looks at Larkin Meador farm, pictured to the left, and up Pipestem Creek.
Unidentified workers and equipment are scattered across the construction site.

5. Avis Bridge Under Construction, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
049115
Title:
Avis Bridge Under Construction, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930
Description:
Unidentified workers and equipment are scattered across the construction site.
Photo of the steel bridge being put together by the United States Steel Corporation. A group of unidentified construction workers scatter across the site.

6. New River Gorge Bridge Under Construction, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:
049307
Title:
New River Gorge Bridge Under Construction, Fayette County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1976
Description:
Photo of the steel bridge being put together by the United States Steel Corporation. A group of unidentified construction workers scatter across the site.
Equipment lays down the foundation for the bridge.

7. Construction Equipment Building the New River Gorge Bridge, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:
049310
Title:
Construction Equipment Building the New River Gorge Bridge, Fayette County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1976
Description:
Equipment lays down the foundation for the bridge.
Three construction workers on the left observe as equipment lowers stone for building the tunnel entrance. Subjects unidentified.

8. Big Bend Tunnel Under Construction near Talcott, W. Va.

IDNO:
049488
Title:
Big Bend Tunnel Under Construction near Talcott, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Three construction workers on the left observe as equipment lowers stone for building the tunnel entrance. Subjects unidentified.
Construction equipment sits beside the newly constructed bridge. The setting is the site of the future Bluestone High Bridge. In the background is the Meador home.

9. Bluestone Low Bridge Undergoing Construction at Mouth of Bluestone Creek, True, W. Va.

IDNO:
049499
Title:
Bluestone Low Bridge Undergoing Construction at Mouth of Bluestone Creek, True, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930
Description:
Construction equipment sits beside the newly constructed bridge. The setting is the site of the future Bluestone High Bridge. In the background is the Meador home.
An unidentified man stands beside new steam construction equipment.

10. Construction Site of Pinecrest Sanitarium, Beckley, W. Va.

IDNO:
049529
Title:
Construction Site of Pinecrest Sanitarium, Beckley, W. Va.
Date:
1938
Description:
An unidentified man stands beside new steam construction equipment.
Construction site is likely in or around Morgantown, W. Va. Image is part of a collection related to Suburban Real Estate of Morgantown.

11. Steam Shovel at Work

IDNO:
051924
Title:
Steam Shovel at Work
Date:
1925/08/22
Description:
Construction site is likely in or around Morgantown, W. Va. Image is part of a collection related to Suburban Real Estate of Morgantown.
A miner uses a power shovel machine to load coal into a truck.

12. Coal Miner Loading Coal onto Truck, Pittsburgh, Pa.

IDNO:
052063
Title:
Coal Miner Loading Coal onto Truck, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Date:
undated
Description:
A miner uses a power shovel machine to load coal into a truck.