Rainelle, West Virginia
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Rainelle is a town on the western edge of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. It sits at the base of Sewell Mountain and Sims Mountain, and is bisected by the Meadow River. The only means
Rainelle 2017 by Lukas Ray
Army National Guard delivers water after a severe storm in 2012
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
Rainelle, West Virginia
…W. Raine and his brother John moved to the location from Pennsylvania in 1906 to harvest a large stand of hardwoods for building homes, etc. Their Meadow River Lumber Company operated for 60 years, and at one time was the largest hardwood sawmill in the world. In 1970, the owners sold it to Georgia-Pacific Corporation, which…
The mill as it appeared in 1917.