Two photo albums--Millville power plant

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Jefferson County Museum

Name/Title

Two photo albums--Millville power plant

Entry/Object ID

ARC734

Scope and Content

Two albums of photos, mostly dealing with Millville power plant on the Shenandoah River near the town of Millville, including interior and exterior photos of the plant, machinery, employees, scenes from 1942 flood, and LaRue family photos. The donor's father, Rector William LaRue, was superintendent of the power plant. The donor identified people and events September 26, 2018, 70+ years after they were photographed. ARC734-1 Green-and-blue-cloth-covered photo album with self-adhesive pages covered with plastic. According to the donor, the photographs of the power plant were taken by Tim Sinn, Charles Town photographer. ARC734-1-a: Superintendent of Millville power plant - Rector William LaRue ARC734-1-b: Millville power plant after 1942 flood. ARC734-1-c: Millville power plant operators (left to right): Bill Dennison, Rector LaRue, Leonard Fritts, and John Runyon. ARC734-1-d: 1942 flood? Millville or Harpers Ferry? ARC734-1-e: Repairing hole in dam at Millville power plant after 1942 flood. ARC734-1-f: Millville power plant operators (left to right): Bill Dennison, Leon Upwright, Ralph Rickel. ARC734-1-g: Back of Millville power plant during 1942 flood. ARC734-1-h: Millville power plant employee luncheon. ARC734-1-i: Millville power plant, exploded transformer. ARC734-1-j: Millville power plant operator, Leonard Fritts. ARC734-1-k: Millville power plant employee luncheon. ARC734-1-m: Millville power plant after big plant torn down. ARC734-1-n: Millville power plant transformer exploded during 1942 flood. ARC734-1-o: Harpers Ferry during the 1942 flood. ARC734-1-p: Millville power plant transformer exploded during 1942 flood. ARC734-1-q: Dailey bridge at Bloomery on Shenandoah River, 1942 flood. ARC734-1-r: Millville power plant employees. No date, but World War II poster on back wall. ARC734-1-s: Millville power plant during 1942 flood. ARC734-1-t: Shenandoah Street, Harpers Ferry, 1942 flood. ARC734-1-u: Part of interior of Millville power plant. ARC734-2 Brown plastic-covered photo album with self-adhesive pages covered with plastic. ARC734-2-a: top, Rickel at back of Millville power plant ca. 1942; bottom left, unidentified employees at Millville power plant ca. 1942; bottom right, unidentified man with fish at Millville power plant ARC734-2-b: lower left Bill Dennison, Millville employee, in uniform ARC734-2-c: unidentified employees ARC734-2-d: Rector LaRue second from left in lower photo ARC734-2-e: top left Rector LaRue ARC734-2-f: employees ARC734-2-g: top 4 photos are of employees; bottom left Rector LaRue 1957 ARC734-2-h: unidentified employees ARC734-2-i: 1956 ARC734-2-j: right top and middle after the flood; middle left employees ARC734-2-k: middle two photos are of reconstruction behind dam ARC734-2-m: upper left Harpers Ferry or Millville dam; upper right employees; lower left LaRue family ARC734-2-n: derailment in 1942 ARC734-2-o: Turbine repair ARC734-2-p: Turbine had to be torn down - upper photo on the right is Rector LaRue ARC734-2-q: Employees from left to right - unidentified, Rector LaRue, Bobby Rickel, Bill D, John Runyan, Virgil Malone, John Young ARC734-2-r: Rector LaRue - Hagerstown district superintendent ARC734-2-s: power plant employees at Millville ARC734-2-t: 1942 flood - Millville employee residence ARC734-2-u: 1942 flood at the Harpers Ferry power plant

Acquisition

Accession

639

Source or Donor

LaRue, Merle E.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1940 - 1956