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' U.S. Improvement, Great Kanawha River, West Virginia. From left or abutment bank looking inside the cofferdam for the weir and abutment. Laying masonry, placing concrete and wicket anchorage, and channeling for anchor ditch, etc., for the foundation of the weir in progress. The lock (shown in the distance) was completed, except the gates. The navigation pass (being that part of the dam next to the lock) and the center pier were finished in 1896.'

13. Lock and Dam No. 10 During Construction, Kanawha River, W.Va.

IDNO:
025717
Title:
Lock and Dam No. 10 During Construction, Kanawha River, W.Va.
Date:
1897/08/10
Description:
' U.S. Improvement, Great Kanawha River, West Virginia. From left or abutment bank looking inside the cofferdam for the weir and abutment. Laying masonry, placing concrete and wicket anchorage, and channeling for anchor ditch, etc., for the foundation of the weir in progress. The lock (shown in the distance) was completed, except the gates. The navigation pass (being that part of the dam next to the lock) and the center pier were finished in 1896.'
'U.S. Improvement, Great Kanawha River, West Virginia. Chanoine Wicket Dam. Showing the weir part of the dam (from center pier looking toward abutment) after the wickets and service bridge had been placed inside the cofferdam. The wicket and trestle chains and part of the aprons for the bridge were yet to be placed. (See views taken same day, showing the wickets and service bridge standing.)'

14. Lock and Dam No. 10 During Construction, Kanawha River, W.Va.

IDNO:
025718
Title:
Lock and Dam No. 10 During Construction, Kanawha River, W.Va.
Date:
1897/10/11
Description:
'U.S. Improvement, Great Kanawha River, West Virginia. Chanoine Wicket Dam. Showing the weir part of the dam (from center pier looking toward abutment) after the wickets and service bridge had been placed inside the cofferdam. The wicket and trestle chains and part of the aprons for the bridge were yet to be placed. (See views taken same day, showing the wickets and service bridge standing.)'
'U.S. Improvement, Great Kanawha River, West Virginia. Inside the cofferdam for the weir part of the dam, after the wickets and service bridge had been placed. Showing four wickets and two trestles standing next to the center pier. One of the wickets is 'on the swing' (en bascule). Vertical height of weir wicket above sill, 8 feet 6 inches; width between centers, 4 feet. Weir bridge trestles 12 feet high, spaced 8 feet apart.'

15. Lock and Dam No. 10 During Construction, Kanawha River, W.Va.

IDNO:
025719
Title:
Lock and Dam No. 10 During Construction, Kanawha River, W.Va.
Date:
1987/10/11
Description:
'U.S. Improvement, Great Kanawha River, West Virginia. Inside the cofferdam for the weir part of the dam, after the wickets and service bridge had been placed. Showing four wickets and two trestles standing next to the center pier. One of the wickets is 'on the swing' (en bascule). Vertical height of weir wicket above sill, 8 feet 6 inches; width between centers, 4 feet. Weir bridge trestles 12 feet high, spaced 8 feet apart.'
'U.S. Improvement, Great Kanawha River, West Virginia. Showing the weir part of the dam (from the center pier looking toward the abutment) after the wickets and service bridge had been placed inside the cofferdam. The wickets and service bridge standing.'

16. Lock and Dam No.10 During Construction, Kanawha River, W.Va.

IDNO:
025720
Title:
Lock and Dam No.10 During Construction, Kanawha River, W.Va.
Date:
1897/10/11
Description:
'U.S. Improvement, Great Kanawha River, West Virginia. Showing the weir part of the dam (from the center pier looking toward the abutment) after the wickets and service bridge had been placed inside the cofferdam. The wickets and service bridge standing.'
'View inside the cofferdam for the weir part of the dam. Taken from the center pier. Building and filling (with loose stone) the permanent cribs for the weir foundation in progress. Also excavating the 'stop-off ditch' in the hardpan to form part of the concrete core between the two lines of cribs. The foundations of this dam rest on hardpan - an indurated clay - from 18 to 24 feet below extreme low-water mark.'

17. Lock and Dam No. 11 During Construction, Chanoine Wicket Dam, Kanawha River, W.Va.

IDNO:
025721
Title:
Lock and Dam No. 11 During Construction, Chanoine Wicket Dam, Kanawha River, W.Va.
Date:
1897/09/07
Description:
'View inside the cofferdam for the weir part of the dam. Taken from the center pier. Building and filling (with loose stone) the permanent cribs for the weir foundation in progress. Also excavating the 'stop-off ditch' in the hardpan to form part of the concrete core between the two lines of cribs. The foundations of this dam rest on hardpan - an indurated clay - from 18 to 24 feet below extreme low-water mark.'
'United States Improvement, Great Kanawha River, West Virginia. View inside the cofferdam for the weir part of the dam, taken from the center pier. Showing the two unfinished lines of permanent cribs, and the unfinished concrete core between them, for the foundation of the weir. The sheer piling, driven to make the excavation and place the foundations for the shore abutment, shown in far end of cofferdam. The foundations of this dam rest on hardpan - an indurated clay - from 18 to 24 feet below extreme low water at the site. The tower for the cable way across the river (on the line of the dam), concrete plant, stone yard, etc., shown in the distance."

18. Lock and Dam No. 11 During Construction, Chanoine Wicket Dam, Kanawha River, W.Va.

IDNO:
025722
Title:
Lock and Dam No. 11 During Construction, Chanoine Wicket Dam, Kanawha River, W.Va.
Date:
1897/09/29
Description:
'United States Improvement, Great Kanawha River, West Virginia. View inside the cofferdam for the weir part of the dam, taken from the center pier. Showing the two unfinished lines of permanent cribs, and the unfinished concrete core between them, for the foundation of the weir. The sheer piling, driven to make the excavation and place the foundations for the shore abutment, shown in far end of cofferdam. The foundations of this dam rest on hardpan - an indurated clay - from 18 to 24 feet below extreme low water at the site. The tower for the cable way across the river (on the line of the dam), concrete plant, stone yard, etc., shown in the distance."

19. Steamboats on the Kanawha River from Alderson-Stephenson Building, Charleston, W.Va.

IDNO:
025723
Title:
Steamboats on the Kanawha River from Alderson-Stephenson Building, Charleston, W.Va.
Date:
1915

20. Small Town Along the Little Kanawha River

IDNO:
026000
Title:
Small Town Along the Little Kanawha River
'Looking downstream west northwest at mile 10.7. Montgomery, West Virginia.'

21. Montgomery, West Virginia

IDNO:
026532
Title:
Montgomery, West Virginia
Date:
1932
Description:
'Looking downstream west northwest at mile 10.7. Montgomery, West Virginia.'
'Plant of Electro Metallurigical Company at Alloy, West Virginia, seven miles below Gauley River.'

22. Alloy, West Virginia

IDNO:
026533
Title:
Alloy, West Virginia
Date:
1932
Description:
'Plant of Electro Metallurigical Company at Alloy, West Virginia, seven miles below Gauley River.'
'Lock 4 and bridge at Chelyan, West Virginia (right). Looking east at mile 22.8.'

23. Chelyan, West Virginia

IDNO:
026534
Title:
Chelyan, West Virginia
Date:
1932
Description:
'Lock 4 and bridge at Chelyan, West Virginia (right). Looking east at mile 22.8.'
Filled coal carts belong to the Cedar Grove Collieries Inc. & Supply Co. sit in a line on the barges beside the river.

24. Conveyor Line to River Tipple and Coal Barges on Kanawha River, Cedar Grove, W. Va.

IDNO:
052068
Title:
Conveyor Line to River Tipple and Coal Barges on Kanawha River, Cedar Grove, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Filled coal carts belong to the Cedar Grove Collieries Inc. & Supply Co. sit in a line on the barges beside the river.