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Pedlar River dam for Lynchburg city water supply, Lynchburg, VA, 1930

Subjects
Bridges & DamsPower & Water Works
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Pedlar River dam for Lynchburg city water supply, Lynchburg, VA, 1930, Amherst, VA, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of Pedlar River dam for Lynchburg city water supply, Lynchburg, VA, 1930, Amherst, VA, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
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About this postcard

A long concrete gravity dam curves across the Pedlar River, holding back a broad blue reservoir, with a small red-roofed gatehouse on the far bank and wooded, road-switchbacked hills rising behind. The card names it as the dam built on the Pedlar River to supply water to Lynchburg, Virginia. Lynchburg's waterworks on the Pedlar River in Amherst County were developed in the early 20th century, damming the stream in the Blue Ridge foothills to create a reservoir for the city roughly twenty miles away.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

This card is for the one I didn't get for you. Sorry I wasn't home to greet you but she [illegible] turn me out. It is wonderful. Trip thru Blue Ridge Mts. was grand. Bus over Gauley Mt. 4500 ft. high winding up & up until you could seem to go any higher and wonder if you will all get with out mishap. All for Ruth

PublisherJ.P. Bell Co., Inc.
905 DAM AT PEDLAR RIVER FOR CITY WATER SUPPLY, LYNCHBURG, VA. A.11677 --- THIS SPACE FOR WRITING MESSAGES POST CARD THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY AMERICAN ART COLORED PUBLISHED BY J.P. BELL CO., INC., LYNCHBURG, VA. BELL CHROME SUPERIOR QUALITY C.T. CO. CHICAGO
PostmarkedASHLAND, September 5, 1930, 23:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Rev. J. C. Poland

403 Washington St. Braintree, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, ASHLAND
PublisherJ.P. Bell Co., Inc.
Series905
ConditionGood
Place addressedRev. J. C. Poland, 403 Washington St., Braintree, MA
Place depictedPedlar Dam, Amherst, VA, Amherst, VA
Place mentionedLynchburg, VA
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
NotesWhite border; visible linen-weave texture; printed series number 905 at lower left and printer's job number A-11677 at lower right; light edge and corner wear. Postmark: ASHLAND KY SEP 5 11 PM 1930. Divided-back card with white border and linen/chrome texture; 1¢ green Franklin stamp; light toning and edge wear.

Cite this card

Pedlar River dam for Lynchburg city water supply, Lynchburg, VA, 1930, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/pedlar-river-dam-for-lynchburg-city-water-supply-lynchburg-v. Accessed November 2, 2026.