Bluefield VA
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The sign tells it all. |
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Maybe this isn’t all that old, but it sure looked inviting. We were there on a Sunday, so it was closed. |
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Thistle Foundry and Machining, founded in 1898, just 15 years after the N&W came through here. |
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This is a Virginia Bridge and Iron Co. Roanoke VA 1907 pair of deck girder bridges right behind Thistle Foundry. |
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The old Bank of Graham, cropped to remove a looming satellite dish. |
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The former First National Bank, right downtown. |
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Bluestone Bedding, now a private residence. I made no effort to conceal that I mostly eliminated the current name on the building and the license plate of the truck. The Bluestone River, by the way, is the local waterway. |
