Burnsville Natural Gas Pumping Station, Saratoga Avenue between Little Kanawha River & C&O Railroad line, Burnsville, Braxton County, WV
Summary
Significance: As of 1984, this site was the last known example of a steam powered, natural gas pumping station in West Virginia. Built as an integral part of a natural gas transmission system designed to supply gas to the greater Pittsburgh area, the Burnsville station is an important example of steam powered technology used by the fossil fuel industry.
Survey number: HAER WV-33
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Location
braxton county, 38.85621, -80.65482
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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