RVNH40122 Homer Turner
Motorman Homer Turner poses with Car 45 under the Walnut Avenue Bridge. Car 45 served the Belmont/9th Street/West End line.
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The Roanoke Valley in the 1940s
Roanoke Public Libraries
1948
Gordon Hamilton
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RRHA519
371 Walnut Avenue, SW
Roanoke Redevelopment and Housing Authority
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414 Walnut Avenue, SW
Roanoke Redevelopment and Housing Authority
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RREC20 Number 44
Another view of Brill car Number 44 after a collision with a Virginian Railway locomotive under the Walnut Avenue Bridge.
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Roanoke Public Libraries
6 December 1941
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RREC19 Number 44
Brill car Number 44 after a collision with a Virginian Railway locomotive under the Walnut Avenue bridge.
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Roanoke Public Libraries
6 December 1941
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RREC18 Roanoke Railway & Electric
Roanoke Railway & Electric Company Walnut Avenue Steam Plant. In front of the plant is the old streetcar barn
George C. Davis Photography
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Circa 1930
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RREC12 Mill Mountain
A panoramic view showing Mill Mountain looming over the Walnut Avenue Steam Plant of the Roanoke Railway & Electric Company.
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Circa 1908
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Mill Mountain
Davis 1.31 Walnut and Jefferson
Corner store formerly located at the intersection of Walnut Avenue and Jefferson Street. Walnut Avenue Meat Market, Hutson's Grocery and the American Cafe were among its tenants. The Bridge Inn is just visible at left.
George C. Davis Photography
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Circa 1938
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Davis 47.231d Southern States
Southern States Cooperative Mills, located at 1003 Walnut Avenue.
George C. Davis Photography
Roanoke Public Libraries
1958
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Davis 47.231b Southern States
Southern States Cooperative Mills, located at 1003 Walnut Avenue.
George C. Davis Photography
Roanoke Public Libraries
1958
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Davis 47.231a Southern States
Southern States Cooperative Mills, located at 1003 Walnut Avenue.
George C. Davis Photography
Roanoke Public Libraries
1958
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Underwood 30 Roanoke Railway & Electric
Aerial view of Roanoke Railway & Electric Company's power station, substation, car barn and shops.
Underwood & Underwood
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October 1924
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Underwood 29 Roanoke Railway & Electric
Aerial view of Roanoke Railway & Electric Company's power station, substation, car barn and shops.
Underwood & Underwood
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October 1924
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Davis GL 237 Walnut Avenue Bridge
Side view of the Walnut Avenue and Jefferson Street bridges.
George C. Davis Photography
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CPC 65 Highland Park
Looking south from Highland Park.
Roanoke Public Libraries
30 January 1930
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Davis 66.815 Walnut Avenue Bridge
Walnut Avenue Bridge.
George C. Davis Photography
Roanoke Public Libraries
7 October 1937
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Davis 66.412 Walnut Avenue Bridge
Walnut Avenue Bridge under construction.
George C. Davis Photography
Roanoke Public Libraries
1937
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Davis 66.411 Walnut Avenue Bridge
Walnut Avenue Bridge under construction.
George C. Davis Photography
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1937
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Davis 66.41 Walnut Avenue Bridge
Walnut Avenue Bridge under construction.
George C. Davis Photography
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1937
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Davis 45.53 Cook Electric Sign
Cook Electric Sign atop AEP plant, formerly located at Walnut Avenue and 3rd Street.
George C. Davis Photography
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Davis2 30.1o Queen Anne Style House
Located at 414 Walnut Avenue, this home was built by J.H. Gibboney, a chemist at Norfolk & Western. One of many examples of the Queen Anne style of Architecture in the Roanoke Valley.
George C. Davis Photography
Roanoke Public Libraries
1969
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Davis 14.35 Jefferson Hospital
Jefferson Hospital is structure on the left. It was located on Franklin Road; view looking at intersection with Walnut Avenue.
George C. Davis Photography
Roanoke Public Libraries
unknown
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