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Item Details: Record Id: 1769
Image: East dam cut-off wall during the hydroelectric power construction on the New River. View shows excavation for cut-off wall being continued beyond the C&O Railway tracks. Concrete shown beneath the tracks is poured to Elevation 811.0. Workers, including a black man, are in the excavation site. New-Kanawha Power Company, Hawks Nest - Gauley Junction Development No. 408.

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I.D. Number: CL13-0074
Short Title: Picture. Dam cut-off wall excavation.
Collection: Hawks Nest Tunnel
Collection I.D.: Ph86-189
Negative #: 0235 14
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Size: 8x10
Location: Fayette County
Date: 1932 June 29
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Description: East dam cut-off wall during the hydroelectric power construction on the New River. View shows excavation for cut-off wall being continued beyond the C&O Railway tracks. Concrete shown beneath the tracks is poured to Elevation 811.0. Workers, including a black man, are in the excavation site. New-Kanawha Power Company, Hawks Nest - Gauley Junction Development No. 408.
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Geographic Names: Fayette County, WV
Topics: Construction; Workers
       

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