Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Housing and Planning References
Author: Housing and Planning References
Author: Land Use and Economic Development
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research BoardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Resources in Education
Author: National Union Catalog
Author: Index to Current Urban Documents
Author: ERDA Energy Research Abstracts
Author: United States. Energy Research and Development AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Power resources
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
Secretaries, Stenographers, Typists
Author: ERDA Energy Research Abstracts
Author: United States. Energy Research and Development Administration. Technical Information CenterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Force and energy
Languages : en
Pages : 914
Book Description
McDowell County Coal and Rail
Author: Jay ChatmanPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467121924
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Over 200 fascinating postcard images show early coal mining in McDowell County and how it progressed throughout the years. Coal was discovered in McDowell County, located in the Billion Dollar Coalfield of southern West Virginia, in 1748, but it was not explored or mined until the early 1800s. Mill Creek Coal & Coke Company shipped the first railroad car of coal in March 1883 via the Norfolk & Western Railway. By the early 1900s, hundreds of mining companies dotted the county's landscape. The coal from McDowell County fueled the nation's home heating and steelmaking businesses and both world wars. As the coal industry developed, the local population grew; by 1950, the county had grown from a few hundred people to more than 100,000. .