Gallery: Do you remember? -- Oct. 24, 2011

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Blenko Glass opened in Milton in 1921. Date is unknown.

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This is an up-bound barge at Lock & Dam #28 carrying limestone and coal and ferrying empties, according to Richard McCoy of Huntington. Down-bounds would make their first stop at Lock & Dam #28 after leaving the Island Creek loading facility at 11th-12th streets. Date is unknown.

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This is at the Island Creek coal loading facility at 11th-12th streets, according to Richard McCoy. "The sternwheeler Crescent is putting in a days work, positioning barges to be loaded," he said. "This is what Huntington was all about -- Collis P. Huntington building the C&O railway, getting coal loaded on the Ohio River where transportation was cheapest and connected to the great markets both upstream and down and around the world. Island Creek Coal Co. is up in a hollow above Logan. A nine-foot thick seam of high-grade coal that will never play out." Date is unknown.

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This is at the Island Creek coal loading facility at 11th-12th streets, according to Richard McCoy. "The sternwheeler Crescent is putting in a days work, positioning barges to be loaded," he said. "This is what Huntington was all about -- Collis P. Huntington building the C&O railway, getting coal loaded on the Ohio River where transportation was cheapest and connected to the great markets both upstream and down and around the world. Island Creek Coal Co. is up in a hollow above Logan. A nine-foot thick seam of high-grade coal that will never play out." Date is unknown.

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This is the C&O Railway bridge crossing the Guyandotte River in Huntington (east of 31st Street), according to Richard McCoy. The hill where Rotary Park is located is in the background. "The water does not stand as high on the piers as it does today," McCoy said. "Greenup Dam raised the level above that of Dam #28." Date is unknown.

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Opened in 1926, the old Sixth Street Bridge would be Huntington's only Ohio River bridge until 1968. At left is Chesapeake, Ohio. The old two-lane Ohio River span continued to carry traffic until 1994, when it was replaced by the four-lane Robert C. Byrd Bridge.

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The Ohio River. Date is unknown.

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Actors portray the Nativity scene. Date and subject are unknown.

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Dreamland Pool, first opened in 1926, was once the largest swimming pool in the United States east of the Mississippi River, measuring 250 feet by 125 feet. The original construction, seen here, included a three-story pavilion that ran the length of the pool. The top floor of the pavilion included a dance floor, where many notable Big Bands played though the 1930s and 1940s and attracted big names such as Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong and Frank Sinatra. A June 29, 1973, fire destroyed the pavilion, but the rest of the facility survived. The pool was conveyed to the City of Kenova in 1973. Presently, the Kenova Parks & Recreation Board oversees the operation and management of the facility. Date is unknown. Thanks to James Casto for the identification.

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Morris Memorial Hospital, located on U.S. 60 in Milton, served patients suffering from infantile paralysis, or polio, beginning in 1930. At that time, there was no cure for the disease. Patients received respiratory, physical and occupational therapies during their stay at the facility. Many were educated there, as well, some receiving diplomas from Milton High School. After Dr. Jonas Salk discovered his polio vaccine in 1955 and the facility was no longer needed for polio patients, John and Rose Greene opened the Morris Memorial Convalescent and Nursing Home on the site. Date is unknown.

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Morris Memorial Hospital, located on U.S. 60 in Milton, served patients suffering from infantile paralysis, or polio, beginning in 1930. At that time, there was no cure for the disease. Patients received respiratory, physical and occupational therapies during their stay at the facility. Many were educated there, as well, some receiving diplomas from Milton High School. After Dr. Jonas Salk discovered his polio vaccine in 1955 and the facility was no longer needed for polio patients, John and Rose Greene opened the Morris Memorial Convalescent and Nursing Home on the site. Date is unknown.

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Morris Memorial Hospital, located on U.S. 60 in Milton, served patients suffering from infantile paralysis, or polio, beginning in 1930. At that time, there was no cure for the disease. Patients received respiratory, physical and occupational therapies during their stay at the facility. Many were educated there, as well, some receiving diplomas from Milton High School. After Dr. Jonas Salk discovered his polio vaccine in 1955 and the facility was no longer needed for polio patients, John and Rose Greene opened the Morris Memorial Convalescent and Nursing Home on the site. Date is unknown.

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Morris Memorial Hospital, located on U.S. 60 in Milton, served patients suffering from infantile paralysis, or polio, beginning in 1930. At that time, there was no cure for the disease. Patients received respiratory, physical and occupational therapies during their stay at the facility. Many were educated there, as well, some receiving diplomas from Milton High School. After Dr. Jonas Salk discovered his polio vaccine in 1955 and the facility was no longer needed for polio patients, John and Rose Greene opened the Morris Memorial Convalescent and Nursing Home on the site. Date is unknown.

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Morris Memorial Hospital, located on U.S. 60 in Milton, served patients suffering from infantile paralysis, or polio, beginning in 1930. At that time, there was no cure for the disease. Patients received respiratory, physical and occupational therapies during their stay at the facility. Many were educated there, as well, some receiving diplomas from Milton High School. After Dr. Jonas Salk discovered his polio vaccine in 1955 and the facility was no longer needed for polio patients, John and Rose Greene opened the Morris Memorial Convalescent and Nursing Home on the site. Date is unknown.

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Morris Memorial Hospital, located on U.S. 60 in Milton, served patients suffering from infantile paralysis, or polio, beginning in 1930. At that time, there was no cure for the disease. Patients received respiratory, physical and occupational therapies during their stay at the facility. Many were educated there, as well, some receiving diplomas from Milton High School. After Dr. Jonas Salk discovered his polio vaccine in 1955 and the facility was no longer needed for polio patients, John and Rose Greene opened the Morris Memorial Convalescent and Nursing Home on the site. Date is unknown.

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Morris Memorial Hospital, located on U.S. 60 in Milton, served patients suffering from infantile paralysis, or polio, beginning in 1930. At that time, there was no cure for the disease. Patients received respiratory, physical and occupational therapies during their stay at the facility. Many were educated there, as well, some receiving diplomas from Milton High School. After Dr. Jonas Salk discovered his polio vaccine in 1955 and the facility was no longer needed for polio patients, John and Rose Greene opened the Morris Memorial Convalescent and Nursing Home on the site. Date is unknown.

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Dickson Dam, south of Lavalette on Twelvepole Creek in Wayne County. The photo was taken from a bridge crossing the creek. The bridge fell June 27, 2006. Thanks to Mark Legg and Richard McCoy for the identification. Date is unknown.

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Dickson Dam, south of Lavalette on Twelvepole Creek in Wayne County. The photo was taken from a bridge crossing the creek. The bridge fell June 27, 2006. Thanks to Mark Legg and Richard McCoy for the identification. Date is unknown.

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Dickson Dam, south of Lavalette on Twelvepole Creek in Wayne County. The photo was taken from a bridge crossing the creek. The bridge fell June 27, 2006. Thanks to Mark Legg and Richard McCoy for the identification. Date is unknown.

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Dickson Dam, south of Lavalette on Twelvepole Creek in Wayne County. The photo was taken from a bridge crossing the creek. The bridge fell June 27, 2006. Thanks to Mark Legg and Richard McCoy for the identification. Date is unknown.

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Dickson Dam, south of Lavalette on Twelvepole Creek in Wayne County. The photo was taken from a bridge crossing the creek. The bridge fell June 27, 2006. Thanks to Mark Legg and Richard McCoy for the identification. Date is unknown.

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Dickson Dam, south of Lavalette on Twelvepole Creek in Wayne County. The photo was taken from a bridge crossing the creek. The bridge fell June 27, 2006. Thanks to Mark Legg and Richard McCoy for the identification. Date is unknown.

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Dickson Dam, south of Lavalette on Twelvepole Creek in Wayne County. The photo was taken from a bridge crossing the creek. The bridge fell June 27, 2006. Thanks to Mark Legg and Richard McCoy for the identification. Date is unknown.

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A view of downtown Huntington from the old Sixth Street Bridge. The bridge would be Huntington's only Ohio River bridge from 1926 until 1968. The old two-lane Ohio River span continued to carry traffic until 1994, when it was replaced by the four-lane Robert C. Byrd Bridge. Date is unknown.

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Farmers bring in their tobacco crop, possibly to the Huntington Tobacco Warehouse, open from 1912 to 1998 at 20 26th St.

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A welder at work. Date and subject are unknown.

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Armco, now AK Steel, in Ashland, Ky. Thanks to Richard McCoy for the identification.

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BASF on 5th Avenue at 23rd Street, back when it was Standard Ultramarine & Color (SUCO). Much of what's shown in the photo has been demolished over the years. Look closely, and you can see the little Stewart's hot dog stand at the left of the photo beyond the building with the white roof. Date is unknown. Thanks to James Casto and Richard McCoy for the information.

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Looking west at Westmoreland. This is the glass factory that Lincoln Polan bought to make optical glass, and the Thompson Stove Factory is beyond it. You can also see the highway "fill" that connects Madison Avenue with Piedmont Road. The bridge on the highway crosses Fourpole Creek. Date is unknown. Thanks to Richard McCoy for the information.

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Aerial shot of the Barboursville Clay/Brick Manufacturing Company. For three-quarters of a century, clay was quarried and bricks were produced here on Peyton Street. Built in 1904, the company produced 75 types and colors of brick and tile. In 1921, it supplied tile for a major remodeling project at the White House. But the industry's roots go back much further. Brick kilns lined the Guyandotte River (in the background) and the mouth of the Mud River before the Civil War. Many homes that still stand in the town were made of local brick. At the height of its operation in the 1970s, the plant sold 20 million bricks a year throughout the world and employed more than 50 people, says Jim Wiseman, whose family operated it from the 1920s until it closed in 1979. The property has been redeveloped through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Brownfields cleanup program. Thanks to Richard McCoy for the identification. Date is unknown.

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Ashland Oil with the mouth of Big Sandy River into the Ohio River. That's the United Fuel Compressor Station on the right side of Big Sandy River. Thanks to Richard McCoy for the information.

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The International Nickel Co. opened in 1922. It became Huntington Alloys in the 1950s, Inco Alloys in the 1980s and Special Metals in the late 1990s, before filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2002. Precision Castparts Corp., based in Oregon, acquired Special Metals in 2006, paying off its debt. Date is unknown. Thanks to Richard McCoy for the identification.

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The International Nickel Co. opened in 1922. It became Huntington Alloys in the 1950s, Inco Alloys in the 1980s and Special Metals in the late 1990s, before filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2002. Precision Castparts Corp., based in Oregon, acquired Special Metals in 2006, paying off its debt. Date is unknown. The mouth of the Guyandotte River is in the background. Thanks to James Casto and Richard McCoy for the identification.

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The International Nickel Co. opened in 1922 (this view shows its baseball field). It became Huntington Alloys in the 1950s, Inco Alloys in the 1980s and Special Metals in the late 1990s, before filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2002. Precision Castparts Corp., based in Oregon, acquired Special Metals in 2006, paying off its debt. Date is unknown. Thanks to Richard McCoy for the identification.