Image:Matewan West Virginia floodwall.jpg

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English: 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.
Source

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Digital Visual Library
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Date

March 10, 1999
Author

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, photographer not specified or unknown
Permission
(Reusing this image)
Public domain This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the United States Army Corps of Engineers.


Camera location

37°37′19.14″N, 82°9′57.59″W

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