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The old and modest Little Kanawha Valley Bank building in Glenville, W...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

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

[Broadside views of three ships: Kanawha; Blockade runner Joe Flanner,...

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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, 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, 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

[Map of Kanawha, Boone, Logan, Wyoming, McDowell, Mercer, Raleigh, Fay...

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Bridge entering Point Pleasant, West Virginia, overlooking Kanawha Riv...

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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

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

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,...

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

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, 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

Title map of the coal field of the great Kanawha Valley.

Shows land ownership. Includes locator map, text and 6 geological sections. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

A topographical map of the lands of the Cabin Creek Coal Co. of W. Vir...

Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by form lines. Oriented with north to bottom. On verso obscured by mounting: Cabin Creek coal [sic] maps. Pen-and-ink and pencil (some col.), mounted on cloth. LC Civ... More

A bridge at the junction of the Kanawha and the Ohio River

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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

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

[Map of Kanawha, Boone, Logan, Wyoming, McDowell, Mercer, Raleigh, Fay...

Institute (vicinity), West Virginia. The towboat keystone on the Kanaw...

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The steamboat Keystone pushing empty barges on the Kanawha River

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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. 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

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 Str...

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[Broadside views of three ships: Kanawha; Blockade runner Joe Flanner,...

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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...

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...

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

Map of Great Kanawha coal field showing location of mines.

Includes cross section. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Charleston (vicinity), West Virginia. Storage tanks along the Kanawha ...

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A bill to amend the act, entitled, "An act to amend the act for cleari...

Imprint 2. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 185, Folder 11.

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

Map of the first & second division of the James River & Kanawha Canal.

"Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer, Chief Engineer[.] Presented to the Virginia Historical Society by his only daughter, Mrs. J.F. Minis, Sav[ana]h, Ga."--Note on map... More

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, 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

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

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

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...

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, 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, 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

Charleston, West Virginia. The river front along the Kanawha River

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

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

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

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

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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 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

Tariff of tolls, per ton of 2000 lbs per mile, to be charged on the Ja...

Title.; Transportation.; On verso: James River & Kanawha Co. Tariff 1858. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Epheme... More

Institute, West Virginia. Gas chambers at a synthetic rubber plant on ...

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[Sketch of the Riverside Iron Works and other properties, in Kanawha C...

Title from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink and crayon, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H260 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. Includes notes.... More

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

Glenwood, 800 Orchard Street, Charleston, 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

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

Map of the "Kanawha City" estates, Kanawha County, West Virginia, Unit...

Relief shown by form lines. Pen-and-ink, pencil, crayon, and watercolor, mounted on cloth. In ink on verso obscured by mounting: Map no. 1, Kanawha City Estates. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H337 Available also... More

Charleston (vicinity), West Virginia. Gasoline storage tanks on the Ka...

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Malden Historic District, 4007 Malden Drive (House), Malden, Kanawha C...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

A bill to amend the act, entitled, "An act to amend the act for cleari...

Imprint 2. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 185, Folder 11.

A bill to amend the act, entitled, "An act to amend the act for cleari...

Imprint 2. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 185, Folder 11.

A bill to amend the act, entitled, "An act to amend the act for cleari...

Imprint 2. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 185, Folder 11.

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, 4212 Fallam Drive (House), Malden, Kanawha C...

Significance: The most imposing of the houses built at the river's edge in Malden, this representative example of the relatively large late Federal brick side-hall-plan type was built in 1845 and makes a major... More

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

General and regional map of that portion of the New River and Kanawha ...

Shows coal company boundaries. Includes explanatory notes. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

General soil map, Great Kanawha Resource Conservation and Development ...

"January 1982." "Base source: USGS topo quads 1:250 000 and General Highway Maps, West Virginia Department of Highways, 1978." Oriented with north toward the upper left. Includes location map. "1-16917." Availa... More

The Point Pleasant-Henderson Bridge over the Kanawha River, connecting...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The bridge, completed in 1997, replaced the similarly-designed 1930 Shadle Bridge, named after H. E. Shadle, head of the state bridge ... More

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

Survey number: HABS WV-265 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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 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, Ben Salem Lock, Maury River, Lexington, L...

Significance: Located on the western bank of the Maury River (formerly the North River) approximately 1 mile downstream from its junction with the South River, the Ben Salem Lock is constructed out of rough and... More

[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...

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, 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

Map of the "Slaughter's Creek" coal & timber lands, 2,907 acres, Kanaw...

Relief shown by form lines. Pen-and-ink and pencil (some col.) with a pasted correction square in lower right corner, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H263 Available also through the Library of Co... More

Malden Historic District, 4102 Malden Drive (House), Malden, Kanawha C...

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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

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

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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, 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