Indian Rock Depot

Title: Indian Rock Depot
Description: A black and white photograph of Indian Rock Depot. The caption reads, "The community of Indian Rock on the James River below Buchanan prospered in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A railroad station, post office and company store were located by the railroad in addition to the kiln and a coopery for making barrels for the calcium that was mined there. A chain-pulled ferry connected Indian Rock with the opposite side of the river and operated until the Arcadia bridge was built in 1956. The company turned to producing hydrated lime and rock, then a fire destroyed the kiln in the 1930s. There are few remains now of the community that once numbered nearly 100. This picture looks along what was the C&O tracks. To the left you can see the small guage [sic] train that pulled ore to the kilns.

Photo courtesy of James A. Hnacock [sic} Jr."
Creator: Hancock, Jr., James A.
Format: Image/Jpeg
Subject: Railroad; Mining; Indian Rock; Depot; Kiln
Type: Image; Text
Coverage: Indian Rock, Botetourt County
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/

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