VGN 800

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Gordon I have seen the photo from the tender forward, none of the others and I can't recall where I saw it. Great photos and very descriptive of the explosion force. Cal Reynolds
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While at the Virginia Room of the Roanoke Public Libraries last week, Alicia Sell, the archivist (who has toured the NWHS Salem Avenue Archives and was impressed) showed me some snapshot pictures that had been donated to the Virginia Room showing details of the 1941 explosion of VGN 800 at Stewartsville. Some show seldom-seen arrays of staybolts (something you don't want to see very often.). After I answered her questions by identifying such things in the pictures as staybolts, fire box sheets, etc., I asked her if the NWHS could have copies of the pictures.

After getting permission from the donor of the pictures, Alicia sent me a CD with the images that I plan to place in the NWHS Archives next week.

I am attaching thumbnails of the pictures in order to learn if anyone has seen these pictures before. Please respond if so.

The attached picture of the overall accident scene is different from the picture of the overall scene on page 92-93 of H. Reid's book on the Virginian as revealed by the different locations of people in the two pictures.

I think that this may be a unique addition to the NWHS Archives.

Gordon Hamilton





















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