Linville River Railway
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Henry Blackwell Photographs
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-0122
Scope and Contents
The Henry Blackwell Photographs consist of 44 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 black and white negatives, and 44 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 black and white contact prints. The negatives and contact prints focus on the August 13, 1940 flood on the Linville River Railroad (LRR), a narrow gauge railroad which ran from Pineola, North Carolina to Cranberry, North Carolina. LRR was part of the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad. The August 1940 flood washed away track and bridges and helped hasten the...
Dates:
1940
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Henry Blackwell Photographs
East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad Historical Society Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-0567
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the history of the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad and the Linville River Railway through company records, publications, maps, oral history interviews, films, videotapes, and photographs. The materials date from 1883-2005, but predominantly 1910s-1950. This collection provides a comprehensive visual record of the ET&WNC RR. The written record highlights various aspects of the railroad’s operation. The research value of this collection...
Dates:
1883-2005; 1910-1950
East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Transportation Company Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-0091
Scope and Contents
The East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Transportation Company Records consist primarily of accounting records of the company. Included are cash books, cash voucher records, general ledgers, general journals, balance sheets and supporting statements, time and wage books, and payroll ledgers.
Dates:
1868-1970
James T. Dowdy, Sr. Photographs
Collection — Box 1-2
Identifier: AppMs-0107
Scope and Contents
Throughout his career, Dowdy collected photographs related to various, regional railroads. Some of the collection's photographs were taken by Dowdy, while others were obtained through trade with fellow collectors. Railroads included are: Carolina, Clinchfield, and Ohio Railroad (CC&O); Cass Scenic Railroad; East Tennessee & Western North Carolina (ET&WNC); Linville River Railway (LRR)*; and Southern Railway Company. Images feature communities, depots, engines, roundhouses,...
Dates:
1890-1950
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- Corporation records 2
- Doe River Gorge (Tenn.) 2
- Elk Park (N.C.) 2
- Hampton (Tenn.) 2
- Negatives (photographic) 2
- Photographs 2
- Railroad stations 2
- Railroads 2
- Railroads--North Carolina 2
- Bus lines -- North Carolina 1
- Coal -- Transportation 1
- Cranberry (N.C.) 1
- Elizabethton (Tenn.) 1
- Floods 1
- Ledgers (account books) 1
- Linville (N.C.) 1
- Locomotives 1
- Maps 1
- Motion pictures (visual works) 1
- Newland, NC 1 + ∧ less
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