Image: Matewan West Virginia floodwall

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Description: Close-up of a section of the floodwall along the Tug Fork River at Matewan, West Virginia, USA. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers constructed levees and floodwalls along the river to protect the town. The wall depicts the families involved in the notorious Hatfield-McCoy feud of 1878–1891.
Title: Matewan West Virginia floodwall
Credit: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Digital Visual Library Image page Image description page Digital Visual Library home page
Author: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, photographer not specified or unknown
Permission: This image or file is a work of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers soldier or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain. English | italiano | Nederlands | русский | Türkçe | українська | +/−
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