Name/Title
Two photo albums--Millville power plantEntry/Object ID
ARC734Scope 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 plantAcquisition
Accession
639Source or Donor
LaRue, Merle E.Acquisition Method
GiftArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1940 - 1956