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Charleston, West Virginia. A bridge over the Kanawha River

Charleston, West Virginia. A bridge over the Kanawha River

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s bridge, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Institute (vicinity), West Virginia. A gravel pit on the Kanawha River

Institute (vicinity), West Virginia. A gravel pit on the Kanawha River

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s Virginia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An HH-46D Sea Knight from Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 6 (HC-6) prepares to pick up a pallet from the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71) during an underway replenishment operation. The fleet oiler USNS KANAWHA (T-AO-196) and the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) are in the background. The ROOSEVELT Battle Group is assisting in enforcement of the no-fly zone over Bosnia-Herzegovina during Operation Deny Flight

An HH-46D Sea Knight from Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 6 (HC-6) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DENY FLIGHT Country: Adriatic Sea Scene Camera Operator: PHAA Jeff Phillips Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

Madonna and Child, sculpted by Connard Wolfe, located outside the Kanawha Valley Church

Madonna and Child, sculpted by Connard Wolfe, located outside the Kana...

Event: Visit to the sculpture studio of Connard Wolfe. This stone sculpture has been painted brown.

An SA 330 Puma helicopter carries stores between USNS KANAWHA (T-AO 96) and USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75) during a replenishment at sea in the early hours of the morning. Truman is on station in the Persian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH

An SA 330 Puma helicopter carries stores between USNS KANAWHA (T-AO 96...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Donna J. Doyle, USN Release Status: Released to ... More

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser (Aegis), USS MONTEREY (CG 61), Sailors stand ready to receive a diesel fuel line from the USN Military Sealift Command (MSC) Henry J. Kaiser Class Oiler, USNS KANAWHA (T-AO 196) during an Underway Replenishment (UNREP). The MONTEREY is part of a Carrier Strike Group (CSG), currently underway in the Atlantic Ocean participating in the Partnership of the Americas Exercise. The Exercise is a maritime training and readiness deployment of the USN Forces with Caribbean and Latin American countries in support of the US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) objectives for enhanced maritime security

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser (Ae...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Monterey (CG 61) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Michael D. Blackwell II, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

060812-N-6403R-008 (Aug. 12, 2006)US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer 2nd Class Keith Grable, GUNNER's Mate 2nd Class fires a 7.62 mm M14 rifle with a bolo light line attached from the USN Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS IWO JIMA (LHD 7) to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Henry J. Kaiser Class Underway Replenishment Oiler USNS KANAWHA (T-AO 196) in the Mediterranean Sea. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Seamen (AW) Joshua T. Rodriguez (Released)

060812-N-6403R-008 (Aug. 12, 2006)US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer 2nd Clas...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Joshua T. Rodriguez, USN Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

Malden Historic District, Malden Methodist Church, 4308 Malden Drive, Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Malden Historic District, Malden Methodist Church, 4308 Malden Drive, ...

Significance: This building occupies the site (plus about ten more feet toward the street) of an earlier Methodist Episcopal Church building erected in 1840. The present building, erected in 1911, is consisten... More

Campbells Creek Coal Company Store, 54 Port Amherst Drive, Campbells Creek vicinity, Charleston, Kanawha County, WV

Campbells Creek Coal Company Store, 54 Port Amherst Drive, Campbells C...

Survey number: HABS WV-265 Public domain photograph of a chamber, vaults, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

James River & Kanawha Canal, Three Mile Locks, Pumphouse Drive, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

James River & Kanawha Canal, Three Mile Locks, Pumphouse Drive, Richmo...

Significance: The Three Mile Locks (1 & 2) were part of the First Grand Division of the James River and Kanawha Canal, that ran from Richmond to Lynchburg, Virginia. These locks were in very good condition whe... More

James River & Kanawha Canal, Lickinghole Creek Aqueduct, Spanning Lickinghole Creek, Goochland, Goochland County, Virginia

James River & Kanawha Canal, Lickinghole Creek Aqueduct, Spanning Lick...

Significance: The Aqueduct, built in 1827, carried the canal boats over the creek in a cut stone trough. The Aqueduct, a single span of 56 feet, has been modified by construction of a railroad line on its tow ... More

Craik-Patton House, Daniel Boone Park, U.S. Route 60, Charleston, Kanawha County, WV

Craik-Patton House, Daniel Boone Park, U.S. Route 60, Charleston, Kana...

Significance: House was built as residence for lawyer, later clergyman, James Craik, Rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, Charleston, 1839-44. Craik was grandson of George Washington's physician. George Smi... More

West Virginia Capitol, 1800 Washington Street, East, Charleston, Kanawha County, WV

West Virginia Capitol, 1800 Washington Street, East, Charleston, Kanaw...

Significance: The last in the long series of domes beaux-arts state capitols built in America, this late work of the distinguished architect Cass Gilbert, assisted by his son, is notable for its restrained neo-... More

Chelyan Bridge, Spanning Kanawha River at U.S. Route 61 spur, Chelyan, Kanawha County, WV

Chelyan Bridge, Spanning Kanawha River at U.S. Route 61 spur, Chelyan,...

Significance: This bridge, spanning the Kanawha River at Chelyan, was constructed in 1928-29. The construction of the bridge showed how the volume of traffic increased as advances were made in the automobile i... More

Malden Historic District, Georges, Malden, Planters Drives & U.S. Route 60, Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Malden Historic District, Georges, Malden, Planters Drives & U.S. Rout...

Significance: Malden, originally called Kanawha Salines, was the town that played the most prominent role in the development of the salt industry in the Kanawha Valley, an industry which spawned the considerabl... More

James River & Kanawha Canal, South River Dam & Lock, Maury River, Lexington, Lexington, Virginia

James River & Kanawha Canal, South River Dam & Lock, Maury River, Lexi...

Significance: Located on the western bank of the Maury River (formerly the North River) approximately one-quarter mile upstream from its junction with the South River. In its present condition, the dam is appr... More

[Richmond, Virginia View on James River and Kanawha Canal near the Haxall Flour Mills; ruins of the Gallego Mills beyond]

[Richmond, Virginia View on James River and Kanawha Canal near the Hax...

Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

Burnsville Natural Gas Pumping Station, Saratoga Avenue between Little Kanawha River & C&O Railroad line, Burnsville, Braxton County, WV

Burnsville Natural Gas Pumping Station, Saratoga Avenue between Little...

Significance: As of 1984, this site was the last known example of a steam powered, natural gas pumping station in West Virginia. Built as an integral part of a natural gas transmission system designed to suppl... More

Burnsville Natural Gas Pumping Station, Saratoga Avenue between Little Kanawha River & C&O Railroad line, Burnsville, Braxton County, WV

Burnsville Natural Gas Pumping Station, Saratoga Avenue between Little...

Significance: As of 1984, this site was the last known example of a steam powered, natural gas pumping station in West Virginia. Built as an integral part of a natural gas transmission system designed to suppl... More

Burnsville Natural Gas Pumping Station, Saratoga Avenue between Little Kanawha River & C&O Railroad line, Burnsville, Braxton County, WV

Burnsville Natural Gas Pumping Station, Saratoga Avenue between Little...

Significance: As of 1984, this site was the last known example of a steam powered, natural gas pumping station in West Virginia. Built as an integral part of a natural gas transmission system designed to suppl... More

James River & Kanawha Canal, Locks 1-5, Tenth to Thirteenth Streets, north of Canal Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

James River & Kanawha Canal, Locks 1-5, Tenth to Thirteenth Streets, n...

Significance: From the late eighteenth century until the 1880s, an important and far-flung canal system gradually emerged on the Richmond scene. Envisioned by George Washington and others, the canal system eve... More

Malden Historic District, 4309 Malden Drive (House), Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Malden Historic District, 4309 Malden Drive (House), Malden, Kanawha C...

Significance: This modest asymmetrical wooden cottage, apparently dating from the early 20th century, is compatible in scale and material with earlier Malden cottages. Survey number: HABS WV-210-23

Institute (vicinity), West Virginia. The stacks of a chemical factory, seen from the Kanawha River

Institute (vicinity), West Virginia. The stacks of a chemical factory,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Institute (vicinity), West Virginia. A gravel pit on the Kanawha River

Institute (vicinity), West Virginia. A gravel pit on the Kanawha River

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s Virginia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Operations SPECIALIST Third Class Mark Mahan watches an underway replenishment with US Naval Ships (USNS) Kanawha (T-AO 96) through the "big eyes" on the signal bridge of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). The "Big Eyes" are a set of high powered binoculars that allow lookout watches to see great distances beyond their normal vision. TRUMAN is on station in the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. SOUTHERN WATCH establishes a southern no fly zone over Iraq and extends to the borders to just south of Baghdad, capital city of Iraq

Operations SPECIALIST Third Class Mark Mahan watches an underway reple...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Donna J. Doyle, USN Release Status: Released to ... More

Campbells Creek Coal Company Store, 54 Port Amherst Drive, Campbells Creek vicinity, Charleston, Kanawha County, WV

Campbells Creek Coal Company Store, 54 Port Amherst Drive, Campbells C...

Survey number: HABS WV-265 Public domain photograph of attic, house frame, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Malden Historic District, 4105 Malden Drive (House & Shop), Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Malden Historic District, 4105 Malden Drive (House & Shop), Malden, Ka...

Public domain photograph of a shop, shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Malden Historic District, Kanawha Salines Presbyterian Church, 4305 Salines Drive, Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Malden Historic District, Kanawha Salines Presbyterian Church, 4305 Sa...

Significance: This is the oldest church structure in Malden and is one of the earliest Presbyterian churches in the Kanawha Valley. It was built in 1840 to house a congregation established circa 1819. The nam... More

Malden Historic District, African Zion Baptist Church, 4104 Malden Drive, Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Malden Historic District, African Zion Baptist Church, 4104 Malden Dri...

Significance: This church is regarded as the mother church for black Baptists in West Virginia. The congregation was formally organized circa 1852. Among its early members was Booker T. Washington, who came b... More

Elk River Truss Bridge, Spanning Elk River at Penn Central Railroad tracks, Charleston, Kanawha County, WV

Elk River Truss Bridge, Spanning Elk River at Penn Central Railroad tr...

Survey number: HAER WV-81 Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Malden Historic District, 4401 Malden Drive (House), Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Malden Historic District, 4401 Malden Drive (House), Malden, Kanawha C...

Significance: Most of the larger residences in Malden were built of brick. This house, built at an undetermined date between 1882 and 1898, is unusual in that, although large, it is built of wood. It is also ... More

Chelyan Bridge, Spanning Kanawha River at U.S. Route 61 spur, Chelyan, Kanawha County, WV

Chelyan Bridge, Spanning Kanawha River at U.S. Route 61 spur, Chelyan,...

Significance: This bridge, spanning the Kanawha River at Chelyan, was constructed in 1928-29. The construction of the bridge showed how the volume of traffic increased as advances were made in the automobile i... More

Malden Historic District, Georges, Malden, Planters Drives & U.S. Route 60, Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Malden Historic District, Georges, Malden, Planters Drives & U.S. Rout...

Significance: Malden, originally called Kanawha Salines, was the town that played the most prominent role in the development of the salt industry in the Kanawha Valley, an industry which spawned the considerabl... More

Point Pleasant (vicinity), West Virginia. Bridges over the Kanawha River

Point Pleasant (vicinity), West Virginia. Bridges over the Kanawha Riv...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Kanawha River Lock & Dam No. 11, Equipment House, West side, U.S. Route 35, Clendenin, Kanawha County, WV

Kanawha River Lock & Dam No. 11, Equipment House, West side, U.S. Rout...

Significance: This frame house, built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1894, was constructed as a support structure for the Kanawha River Lock and Dam No. 11. Survey number: HABS WV-287-A Building/struc... More

Kanawha River Lock & Dam No. 11, Equipment House, West side, U.S. Route 35, Clendenin, Kanawha County, WV

Kanawha River Lock & Dam No. 11, Equipment House, West side, U.S. Rout...

Significance: This frame house, built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1894, was constructed as a support structure for the Kanawha River Lock and Dam No. 11. Survey number: HABS WV-287-A Building/struc... More

James River & Kanawha Canal, South River Dam & Lock, Maury River, Lexington, Lexington, Virginia

James River & Kanawha Canal, South River Dam & Lock, Maury River, Lexi...

Significance: Located on the western bank of the Maury River (formerly the North River) approximately one-quarter mile upstream from its junction with the South River. In its present condition, the dam is appr... More

Burnsville Natural Gas Pumping Station, Saratoga Avenue between Little Kanawha River & C&O Railroad line, Burnsville, Braxton County, WV

Burnsville Natural Gas Pumping Station, Saratoga Avenue between Little...

Significance: As of 1984, this site was the last known example of a steam powered, natural gas pumping station in West Virginia. Built as an integral part of a natural gas transmission system designed to suppl... More

Burnsville Natural Gas Pumping Station, Saratoga Avenue between Little Kanawha River & C&O Railroad line, Burnsville, Braxton County, WV

Burnsville Natural Gas Pumping Station, Saratoga Avenue between Little...

Significance: As of 1984, this site was the last known example of a steam powered, natural gas pumping station in West Virginia. Built as an integral part of a natural gas transmission system designed to suppl... More

Burnsville Natural Gas Pumping Station, Saratoga Avenue between Little Kanawha River & C&O Railroad line, Burnsville, Braxton County, WV

Burnsville Natural Gas Pumping Station, Saratoga Avenue between Little...

Significance: As of 1984, this site was the last known example of a steam powered, natural gas pumping station in West Virginia. Built as an integral part of a natural gas transmission system designed to suppl... More

James River & Kanawha Canal, Locks 1-5, Tenth to Thirteenth Streets, north of Canal Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

James River & Kanawha Canal, Locks 1-5, Tenth to Thirteenth Streets, n...

Significance: From the late eighteenth century until the 1880s, an important and far-flung canal system gradually emerged on the Richmond scene. Envisioned by George Washington and others, the canal system eve... More

James River & Kanawha Canal, Locks 1-5, Tenth to Thirteenth Streets, north of Canal Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

James River & Kanawha Canal, Locks 1-5, Tenth to Thirteenth Streets, n...

Significance: From the late eighteenth century until the 1880s, an important and far-flung canal system gradually emerged on the Richmond scene. Envisioned by George Washington and others, the canal system eve... More

James River & Kanawha Canal, Locks 1-5, Tenth to Thirteenth Streets, north of Canal Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

James River & Kanawha Canal, Locks 1-5, Tenth to Thirteenth Streets, n...

Significance: From the late eighteenth century until the 1880s, an important and far-flung canal system gradually emerged on the Richmond scene. Envisioned by George Washington and others, the canal system eve... More

Kanawha Falls, New River canyon, West Virginia.

Kanawha Falls, New River canyon, West Virginia.

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Malden Historic District, 4416 Malden Drive (House), Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Malden Historic District, 4416 Malden Drive (House), Malden, Kanawha C...

Significance: This relatively new building does not contribute to the historic ambiance of Malden but is nevertheless a part of the streetscape which forms the present-day aspect of the community. Survey numbe... More

Malden Historic District, 4412 Malden Drive (House), Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Malden Historic District, 4412 Malden Drive (House), Malden, Kanawha C...

Significance: This brick dwelling built around 1950 reflects the scale and general form, but not the details, of traditional Malden houses. Survey number: HABS WV-210-18

Malden Historic District, J. Q. Dickinson & Company Office Building, Malden Drive, Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Malden Historic District, J. Q. Dickinson & Company Office Building, M...

Significance: Dating from the last decades of the nineteenth century, the building housed the company store for one of the principal saltworks in the Malden area until the store ceased operations in 1962. The ... More

A black and white photo of a factory on a lake, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a factory on a lake, West Virginia. Farm Se...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Charleston (vicinity), West Virginia. Condensing chambers of a plant on the Kanawha River

Charleston (vicinity), West Virginia. Condensing chambers of a plant o...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Institute, West Virginia. Storage chambers at a synthetic rubber plant along the Kanawha River

Institute, West Virginia. Storage chambers at a synthetic rubber plant...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sailors on the multipurpose amphibious assault ship

Sailors on the multipurpose amphibious assault ship

Sailors on the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) prepare to receive a refueling probe from the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Kanawha (T-AO 196) to take on fuel during a replenishment-at-s... More

Malden Historic District, Richard E. Putney House, 4406 Malden Drive, Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Malden Historic District, Richard E. Putney House, 4406 Malden Drive, ...

Significance: The oldest residence is Malden, the Richard E. Putney House is also one of the most imposing and least altered among Malden dwellings. Built circa 1836, the house ranks locally as a mansion. The... More

Malden Historic District, Richard E. Putney House, 4406 Malden Drive, Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Malden Historic District, Richard E. Putney House, 4406 Malden Drive, ...

Significance: The oldest residence is Malden, the Richard E. Putney House is also one of the most imposing and least altered among Malden dwellings. Built circa 1836, the house ranks locally as a mansion. The... More

James River & Kanawha Canal, Three Mile Locks, Pumphouse Drive, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

James River & Kanawha Canal, Three Mile Locks, Pumphouse Drive, Richmo...

Significance: The Three Mile Locks (1 & 2) were part of the First Grand Division of the James River and Kanawha Canal, that ran from Richmond to Lynchburg, Virginia. These locks were in very good condition whe... More

James River & Kanawha Canal, Lickinghole Creek Aqueduct, Spanning Lickinghole Creek, Goochland, Goochland County, Virginia

James River & Kanawha Canal, Lickinghole Creek Aqueduct, Spanning Lick...

Significance: The Aqueduct, built in 1827, carried the canal boats over the creek in a cut stone trough. The Aqueduct, a single span of 56 feet, has been modified by construction of a railroad line on its tow ... More

Malden Historic District, Kanawha Salines Presbyterian Church, 4305 Salines Drive, Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Malden Historic District, Kanawha Salines Presbyterian Church, 4305 Sa...

Significance: This is the oldest church structure in Malden and is one of the earliest Presbyterian churches in the Kanawha Valley. It was built in 1840 to house a congregation established circa 1819. The nam... More

Malden Historic District, Kanawha Salines Presbyterian Church, 4305 Salines Drive, Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Malden Historic District, Kanawha Salines Presbyterian Church, 4305 Sa...

Significance: This is the oldest church structure in Malden and is one of the earliest Presbyterian churches in the Kanawha Valley. It was built in 1840 to house a congregation established circa 1819. The nam... More

Kanawha River Lock & Dam No. 11, Lockmaster's House, West side, U.S. Route 35, Clendenin, Kanawha County, WV

Kanawha River Lock & Dam No. 11, Lockmaster's House, West side, U.S. R...

Significance: This masonry house, built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ca. 1900, was constructed as a residence for the master of Kanawha River Lock and Dam No. 11. Survey number: HABS WV-287-B Building/... More

Glenwood, 800 Orchard Street, Charleston, Kanawha County, WV

Glenwood, 800 Orchard Street, Charleston, Kanawha County, WV

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, fireplace, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Malden Historic District, 4401 Malden Drive (House), Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Malden Historic District, 4401 Malden Drive (House), Malden, Kanawha C...

Significance: Most of the larger residences in Malden were built of brick. This house, built at an undetermined date between 1882 and 1898, is unusual in that, although large, it is built of wood. It is also ... More

Malden Historic District, Malden Missionary Baptist Church, 202 Wise Drive, Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Malden Historic District, Malden Missionary Baptist Church, 202 Wise D...

Significance: This virtually unaltered church building was built on a lot donated by Nathan Slack following a "brush-arbor" revival in 1876. The bell is original and was formerly used for alarms when needed. ... More

Malden Historic District, 4304 Malden Drive (House), Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Malden Historic District, 4304 Malden Drive (House), Malden, Kanawha C...

Significance: This two-story wooden structure was at one time the residence of Will Cooper, grandfather of the present owner. It has been abandoned for many years and is rapidly deteriorating. It is typical o... More

Malden Historic District, Georges, Malden, Planters Drives & U.S. Route 60, Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Malden Historic District, Georges, Malden, Planters Drives & U.S. Rout...

Significance: Malden, originally called Kanawha Salines, was the town that played the most prominent role in the development of the salt industry in the Kanawha Valley, an industry which spawned the considerabl... More

Malden Historic District, 4208 Malden Drive (House), Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Malden Historic District, 4208 Malden Drive (House), Malden, Kanawha C...

Significance: This two-story brick house built in 1838 is one of the three oldest buildings in Malden. It is unusual for its period in having an asymmetrical plan with a large corner stair hall. The house mak... More

James River & Kanawha Canal, South River Dam & Lock, Maury River, Lexington, Lexington, Virginia

James River & Kanawha Canal, South River Dam & Lock, Maury River, Lexi...

Significance: Located on the western bank of the Maury River (formerly the North River) approximately one-quarter mile upstream from its junction with the South River. In its present condition, the dam is appr... More

James River & Kanawha Canal, South River Dam & Lock, Maury River, Lexington, Lexington, Virginia

James River & Kanawha Canal, South River Dam & Lock, Maury River, Lexi...

Significance: Located on the western bank of the Maury River (formerly the North River) approximately one-quarter mile upstream from its junction with the South River. In its present condition, the dam is appr... More

James River & Kanawha Canal, South River Dam & Lock, Maury River, Lexington, Lexington, Virginia

James River & Kanawha Canal, South River Dam & Lock, Maury River, Lexi...

Significance: Located on the western bank of the Maury River (formerly the North River) approximately one-quarter mile upstream from its junction with the South River. In its present condition, the dam is appr... More

James River & Kanawha Canal, South River Dam & Lock, Maury River, Lexington, Lexington, Virginia

James River & Kanawha Canal, South River Dam & Lock, Maury River, Lexi...

Significance: Located on the western bank of the Maury River (formerly the North River) approximately one-quarter mile upstream from its junction with the South River. In its present condition, the dam is appr... More

Burnsville Natural Gas Pumping Station, Saratoga Avenue between Little Kanawha River & C&O Railroad line, Burnsville, Braxton County, WV

Burnsville Natural Gas Pumping Station, Saratoga Avenue between Little...

Significance: As of 1984, this site was the last known example of a steam powered, natural gas pumping station in West Virginia. Built as an integral part of a natural gas transmission system designed to suppl... More

Burnsville Natural Gas Pumping Station, Saratoga Avenue between Little Kanawha River & C&O Railroad line, Burnsville, Braxton County, WV

Burnsville Natural Gas Pumping Station, Saratoga Avenue between Little...

Significance: As of 1984, this site was the last known example of a steam powered, natural gas pumping station in West Virginia. Built as an integral part of a natural gas transmission system designed to suppl... More

James River & Kanawha Canal, Locks 1-5, Tenth to Thirteenth Streets, north of Canal Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

James River & Kanawha Canal, Locks 1-5, Tenth to Thirteenth Streets, n...

Significance: From the late eighteenth century until the 1880s, an important and far-flung canal system gradually emerged on the Richmond scene. Envisioned by George Washington and others, the canal system eve... More

James River & Kanawha Canal, Locks 1-5, Tenth to Thirteenth Streets, north of Canal Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

James River & Kanawha Canal, Locks 1-5, Tenth to Thirteenth Streets, n...

Significance: From the late eighteenth century until the 1880s, an important and far-flung canal system gradually emerged on the Richmond scene. Envisioned by George Washington and others, the canal system eve... More

Kanawha Bank, Charleston, West Virginia. Twenty-story building in Charleston

Kanawha Bank, Charleston, West Virginia. Twenty-story building in Char...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Malden Historic District, 4006 Malden Drive (House), Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Malden Historic District, 4006 Malden Drive (House), Malden, Kanawha C...

Significance: This frame dwelling, believed to have been built c. 1907, is one of only two buildings in the Malden Historic District with elements suggesting a derivation from the chalet style of the previous c... More

Charleston, West Virginia. The Kanawha River bridge

Charleston, West Virginia. The Kanawha River bridge

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s bridge, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coast Guard boat on Kanawha River

Coast Guard boat on Kanawha River

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Malden Historic District, 4306 Malden Drive (House), Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Malden Historic District, 4306 Malden Drive (House), Malden, Kanawha C...

Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Water Cooling Towers of the John Amos Power Plant Loom over Poca, Wv, Home that is on the Other Side of The Kanawha River Two of the Towers Emit Great Clouds of Steam

Water Cooling Towers of the John Amos Power Plant Loom over Poca, Wv, ...

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An HH-46D Sea Knight from Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 6 (HC-6) takes off with a pallet of supplies during an underway replenishment operation aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). The fleet oiler USNS KANAWHA (T-AO-196) and the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) are in the background. The ROOSEVELT Battle Group is assisting in enforcement of the no-fly zone over Bosnia-Herzegovina during Operation Deny Flight

An HH-46D Sea Knight from Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 6 (HC-6) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DENY FLIGHT Country: Adriatic Sea Scene Camera Operator: PHAA Jeff Phillips Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

060731-N-4781D-001 (July 31, 2006)US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer 2nd Class Kevin Teruya, Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class provides a visual reference for deck hands aboard the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Henry J. Kaiser Class Underway Replenishment Oiler USNS KANAWHA (T-AO 196) during an underway replenishment at sea (UNRAS) involving the USN Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS IWO JIMA (LHD 7) in the Atlantic Ocean (AOC). U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 3rd Class Bradley Dawson (Released)

060731-N-4781D-001 (July 31, 2006)US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer 2nd Clas...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: MC3 Bradley Dawson, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

060812-N-6403R-003 (Aug. 12, 2006)US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer 2nd Class Kevin Teruya, Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class provides a visual reference to the deck hands aboard the Military Sealift Command (MSC). The MSC Henry J Kaiser Class Underway Replenishment Oiler USNS KANAWHA (T-AO 196) in the Mediterranean Sea with the USN Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS IWO JIMA (LHD 7) took part in this replenishment at sea (RAS). U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Seamen (AW) Joshua T. Rodriguez (Released)

060812-N-6403R-003 (Aug. 12, 2006)US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer 2nd Clas...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Joshua T. Rodriguez, USN Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

U.S. Navy GUNNER's Mate Third Class Juan Gonzales uses a 7.62 mm M14 rifle to fire a line from the deck of his ship, the Military Sealift Command Henry J. Kaiser Class Oiler USNS KANAWHA (T-AO 196), to the Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during underway replenishment operations between the two ships in the Mediterranean Sea on Sept. 1, 2006. SAIPAN is currently underway conducting maritime security operations. (Navy photo By Mass Communication SPECIALIST Third Class Gary L. Johnson III) (Released)

U.S. Navy GUNNER's Mate Third Class Juan Gonzales uses a 7.62 mm M14 r...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Saipan (LHA 2) Scene Camera Operator: MC3 Gary L. Johnson III, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

Malden Historic District, Richard E. Putney House, 4406 Malden Drive, Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Malden Historic District, Richard E. Putney House, 4406 Malden Drive, ...

Significance: The oldest residence is Malden, the Richard E. Putney House is also one of the most imposing and least altered among Malden dwellings. Built circa 1836, the house ranks locally as a mansion. The... More

Malden Historic District, Richard E. Putney House, 4406 Malden Drive, Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Malden Historic District, Richard E. Putney House, 4406 Malden Drive, ...

Significance: The oldest residence is Malden, the Richard E. Putney House is also one of the most imposing and least altered among Malden dwellings. Built circa 1836, the house ranks locally as a mansion. The... More

Malden Historic District, Richard E. Putney House, 4406 Malden Drive, Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Malden Historic District, Richard E. Putney House, 4406 Malden Drive, ...

Significance: The oldest residence is Malden, the Richard E. Putney House is also one of the most imposing and least altered among Malden dwellings. Built circa 1836, the house ranks locally as a mansion. The... More

Sunrise, 746 Myrtle Road, Charleston, Kanawha County, WV

Sunrise, 746 Myrtle Road, Charleston, Kanawha County, WV

Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Malden Historic District, Kanawha Salines Presbyterian Church, 4305 Salines Drive, Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Malden Historic District, Kanawha Salines Presbyterian Church, 4305 Sa...

Significance: This is the oldest church structure in Malden and is one of the earliest Presbyterian churches in the Kanawha Valley. It was built in 1840 to house a congregation established circa 1819. The nam... More

Malden Historic District, African Zion Baptist Church, 4104 Malden Drive, Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Malden Historic District, African Zion Baptist Church, 4104 Malden Dri...

Significance: This church is regarded as the mother church for black Baptists in West Virginia. The congregation was formally organized circa 1852. Among its early members was Booker T. Washington, who came b... More

Kanawha River Lock & Dam No. 11, Lockmaster's House, West side, U.S. Route 35, Clendenin, Kanawha County, WV

Kanawha River Lock & Dam No. 11, Lockmaster's House, West side, U.S. R...

Significance: This masonry house, built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ca. 1900, was constructed as a residence for the master of Kanawha River Lock and Dam No. 11. Survey number: HABS WV-287-B Building/... More

Elk River Truss Bridge, Spanning Elk River at Penn Central Railroad tracks, Charleston, Kanawha County, WV

Elk River Truss Bridge, Spanning Elk River at Penn Central Railroad tr...

Survey number: HAER WV-81 Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Malden Historic District, 4103 Salines Drive (House), Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Malden Historic District, 4103 Salines Drive (House), Malden, Kanawha ...

Significance: This formally designed late Greek Revival cottage, although abandoned and rapidly deteriorating, is nevertheless one of the architecturally finest of the more modest dwellings in Malden and is rat... More

James River & Kanawha Canal, Pumphouse, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

James River & Kanawha Canal, Pumphouse, Richmond, Independent City, Vi...

Significance: The 1883 pumphouse replaced an earlier one which pumped water to the reservoir above. The two-story stone building consists of a long central block with flanking cross pavilions which project slig... More

Chelyan Bridge, Spanning Kanawha River at U.S. Route 61 spur, Chelyan, Kanawha County, WV

Chelyan Bridge, Spanning Kanawha River at U.S. Route 61 spur, Chelyan,...

Significance: This bridge, spanning the Kanawha River at Chelyan, was constructed in 1928-29. The construction of the bridge showed how the volume of traffic increased as advances were made in the automobile i... More

James River & Kanawha Canal Bridge, Ninth Street between Jefferson Street & James River, Lynchburg, Lynchburg, Virginia

James River & Kanawha Canal Bridge, Ninth Street between Jefferson Str...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Malden Historic District, 4502 Malden Drive (House), Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Malden Historic District, 4502 Malden Drive (House), Malden, Kanawha C...

Significance: This frame cottage appears to date from the last quarter of the 19th century and is consistent in scale and materials with numerous others in Malden. Survey number: HABS WV-210-21

Malden Historic District, Georges, Malden, Planters Drives & U.S. Route 60, Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Malden Historic District, Georges, Malden, Planters Drives & U.S. Rout...

Significance: Malden, originally called Kanawha Salines, was the town that played the most prominent role in the development of the salt industry in the Kanawha Valley, an industry which spawned the considerabl... More

Malden Historic District, Georges, Malden, Planters Drives & U.S. Route 60, Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Malden Historic District, Georges, Malden, Planters Drives & U.S. Rout...

Significance: Malden, originally called Kanawha Salines, was the town that played the most prominent role in the development of the salt industry in the Kanawha Valley, an industry which spawned the considerabl... More

Malden Historic District, 4101 Salines Drive (Commercial Building & House), Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Malden Historic District, 4101 Salines Drive (Commercial Building & Ho...

Significance: This simple partly vacant and deteriorating building was built in 1889. As the oldest remaining commercial structure within the town proper, it makes a major contribution to the Malden Historic D... More

Malden Historic District, 4101 Salines Drive (Commercial Building & House), Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Malden Historic District, 4101 Salines Drive (Commercial Building & Ho...

Significance: This simple partly vacant and deteriorating building was built in 1889. As the oldest remaining commercial structure within the town proper, it makes a major contribution to the Malden Historic D... More

Ruffner Cabin, Daniel Boone Park, U.S. Route 60, Charleston, Kanawha County, WV

Ruffner Cabin, Daniel Boone Park, U.S. Route 60, Charleston, Kanawha C...

Significance: The structure is reputed to have been built in 1803 as a dwelling for Joseph Ruffner and to have been altered and elaborated into a clapboarded house in 1827 for Joel Ruffner. The property was ca... More

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