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Historical Photos from N & W
Railroad
Below are copyrighted images available in the Virginia Tech Digital Library
and Archives. Their web site is:
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu. (If you want to explore their site for
additional pictures, click on "ImageBase" at the top of their home page;
then "Browse" on the left side of the next page.) We are not allowed to
download the full-size pictures to our server; we can only display small
thumbnails. However, we provide a link under each picture which will show
you the full-size picture on the Virginia Tech web site. We have been
given permission from Virginia Tech and Norfolk Southern Corporation to display
these links.
Photo ID: nw1451
Title: Carter Coal Company, Caretta, West Virginia
Date: November 6, 1932
Norfolk & Western Historical Photos section
This would later be purchased by Olga Coal Company and would become Olga Tipple
#2.
Link
to full-size picture.
Photo ID: ns4763
Title: Slate Disposal Dump and Part of Aerial Tram At Caretta
Date: March 18, 1935
Norfolk & Western Historical Photos section
This is a huge pile of slate (waste rock) that has been separated from the coal
after it was brought up from the Caretta mine. Two things give you a sense
of how big the mountain is. First, look at the size of the house at the
bottom of the mountain. Second, look at the buckets on the aerial tram
that are used to dump the slate on top of the pile. The buckets are barely
visible in the sky.
Link to
full-size picture.
Other Historical Photos
Caretta Tipple
Taken in the 1920s.
Photo courtesy of the R. Tim Gilley Collection.
DG4236: An aerial view of the
Caretta tipple. Bottom right hand side is the skip hoist for bringing coal
out of the mine. Photo courtesy of the David Goad Collection.
Coal that has been graded. These N&W railroad cars are sitting under a tipple.
Each track is designated to handle coal of one particular size. Photo Courtesy
of R. Tim Gilley Collection. (Note: We are not sure if this picture were
actually taken in Coalwood or Caretta; it could be either one.)
