Virginia Room Digital Collection

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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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One of the largest freight depots along the N&W line was in Roanoke. Today, the freight depot is home to the Virginia Museum of Transporation, wherein are housed many N&W artifacts and archival material, as well as some steam engines in the outdoor…

One of the largest freight depots along the N&W line was in Roanoke. Today, the freight depot is home to the Virginia Museum of Transporation, wherein are housed many N&W artifacts and archival material, as well as some steam engines in the outdoor…

"Lindsey-Robinson & Co., Roanoke, Virginia"

C.L. Fielder Structural Steel, formerly located at 745 Norfolk Avenue NW.

C.L. Fielder Structural Steel, formerly located at 745 Norfolk Avenue NW.

Warehouses along the 100 block of Norfolk Avenue SW, including C.B. Halsey Company and Old Domion.

View of advertisement signs hanging from the front of buildings along South Jefferson Street.

Looking west on Norfolk Avenue.

A fire broke out at the Norfolk & Western General Offices on 4 January 1896. N&W employees salvaged some furnishings and supplies as fire swept through the building. Unfortunately, the building was a total loss.

N&W Railroad - View looking east down tracks - N&W General Offices, Hotel Roanoke, and depot at Jefferson Street crossing all visible.

Factory floor of C.L. Fielder Structural Steel, formerly located on Norfolk Avenue.

An office at C.L. Fielder Structural Steel, formerly located on Norfolk Avenue.

C.L. Fielder Structural Steel, formerly located on Norfolk Avenue.

A view of Norfolk Avenue includes Bannister's Place (a boarding house) and HC Barnes Pharmacy. Buildings were located roughly where the Wells-Fargo Tower is today.
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