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The Virginia Room Digital Collection includes photographs, oral histories, books, pamphlets and finding aids to items in the Virginia Room. Continue to check back for new additions.

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RNC 38 Carvins Cove Dam.jpg
Carvins Cove Dam shortly after completion. The reservoir would not be complete until the 1940s.

RNC 37 Carvins Cove Dam.jpg
Carvins Cove Dam shortly after completion. The reservoir would not be complete until the 1940s.

RNC 148 Carvins Cove Dam.jpg
Carvins Cove Dam Shortly after completion. The reservoir would not be complete until the 1940s.

RNC 147 Carvins Cove Dam.jpg
Carvins Cove Dam Shortly after completion. The reservoir would not be complete until the 1940s.

PC 98.2 Carvin’s Cove Spillway.jpg
"Spillway Carvin's Cove Lake, municipally owned reservoir near Roanoke, Virginia. Carvin's Cove is a five-mile artificial lake in Roanoke and Botetourt Counties, Virginia and can furnish 12,000,000 gallons of water daily to the nearby City of…

PC 98.11 Carvin’s Cove.jpg
"Carvin's Cove Lake, a great place for water sports, near Roanoke, Virginia."

PC 98.1 Carvin’s Cove.jpg
"Carvin's Cove Lake, near Roanoke, Virginia."

PC 98.0.1 Carvin's Cove.jpg
"Carvin's Cove, the City of Roanoke, Virginia's watershed, which covers more than 12,000 acres, is a recreational area for camping, boating, and fishing."

PC 98.0 Carvin's Cove.jpg
"Aerial view of Carvin's Cove near Roanoke, Virginia, serving the latter as a water supply and recreational area. Favorite spot for picnicking, camping, swimming, boating, and fishing."

PC 92.2 Ruins of Old Mill.jpg
This old mill was located on Carvins Creek and is just below where the current Carvins Cove reservoir dam is located.

IRB122 CC Filter Plant.jpg
One and two story building with basement. The modern fire resistive building was completed in 1947. Valuation: The sound value of this building is approximately $227K.

FE081 Carvins Cove.jpg
Waterfall at Carvins Cove.

Davis 18.51d CC Water Treatment Facility.jpg
Carvins Cove Water Treatment Facility.

Davis 18.51c CC Water Treatment Facility Interior.jpg
Interior view of Carvins Cove Water Treatment Facility
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