Meadow River Lumber Company
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The Meadow River Lumber Company, which operated in Rainelle, West Virginia from 1906 to 1975, was the largest hardwood sawmill in the world. It had three 9 feet bandsaws under one roof. In 1928, durin
The mill as it appeared in 1917.
Meadow River
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The Meadow River is a tributary of the Gauley River, making its headwaters in Greenbrier County and terminating in Nicholas County of West Virginia. It is named for the grassy meadows wetlands which i
Meadow River Lumber Company
…they began purchasing 100,000 acres (400 km2) of land, containing one of the last large stands of virgin hardwood in the United States, mostly on the Meadow River drainage, in western Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Being 20 miles (32 km) to the nearest railroad mainline, they first formed the Sewell Valley…
Meadow River at Russellville in July 2014