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1. Baseball player - Two black and white photographs of Glenn H. Lemon wearing the baseball uniform of the Virginia Bridge & Iron Company. He was a student at the time. Summer baseball games were plentiful in the Roanoke, Virginia area when this photograph was taken in the mid 1920s. In addition to Virginia Bridge, teams were fielded by Walker Machine & Foundry Corp., Norfolk & Western Railway Co., Times-World Corp., Viscose, Appalachian Power Company, and the towns of Salem and Vinton. Many of the games were played at Maher Field. Lemon resided with his family at 109 McClanahan Place in the City of Roanoke, the setting for this photograph. Mill Mountain can be seen in the background.

   2011.51.001

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. Machine shop - Photograph of the machine shop located at the facilities of Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. in Roanoke, Virginia, at the east end of Madison Avenue near Ninth Street, N.E. In particular the photograph shows a 5 ton Niles crane in service at that location along with other machinery. The crane operator can be seen in the upper left quadrant of the photograph and another worker and a "Safety First" sign can be seen in the center background. The company was acquired by American Bridge Company of New York, a subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation, in 1936. In the 1929 city directory for the City of Roanoke the company advertised "steel bridges, buildings, etc".

   2010.36.12

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. Royal Brake - Photograph of a coal car which was manufactured at the facilities of Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. in Roanoke, Virginia. The company was acquired by American Bridge Company of New York, a subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation, in 1936. In the 1929 city directory for the City of Roanoke the company advertised "steel bridges, buildings, etc". The handwritten note on the reverse of the photograph sets forth the camera settings together with the phrases "coal car", "royal brake", and"Virginia Bridge & Iron Works". The wheel at the top of the car and vertical chain shown in the photograph are a part of the Roya brandl brake regulator which takes up the slack in the brake rigging as the brake shoes wear and become thinner.

   2010.36.13

   Record Type: Photo