Name/Title
Laying Gas Lines in Ripley, WVEntry/Object ID
2000.01.35Description
In 1909, united fuel gas company started laying the gas lines for jackson county. In 1911, gas pipe was hauled to ripley by the ripley and mill creek valley railroad. Teams of oxen roamed the streets hauling the heavy rigs. The new line was laid in the ripley improvement company addition, now known as charleston drive
from jchs: "Ripley underwent a major infrastructure project in 1908. The location is along So. Church Street (Rt. 21) between Main Street (Rt. 33) and Charleston Drive."
B/W photo postcard wagons loaded with long barrels/pipes (?) telegraph poles line left side of street. Front "Ripley Civil War"
Back: Addressed to "Miss Ethel Pringle, Ripley W.Va."
Correspondence: "Mar 6, 1911 Ever remember this day and forget the day this carde was made. Remember me. E.A.M."
"Casson Civil War" (card not stamped). Mislabeled as civil war cannons in Ripley.Acquisition
Accession
2000.01Source or Donor
Madeline McMaster CrumLexicon
Legacy Lexicon
Object Name
Postcard, Picture
