Nuttallburg Mine Complex, North side of New River, 2.7 miles upstream from Fayette Landing, Lookout, Fayette County, WV
Summary
Significance: The Nuttallburg Mine was one of the earliest mines to open in the New River Field. The Retarding Conveyor is one of the longest ever constructed and perhaps one of the few still extant. The Nuttallburg Mine Complex is representative of the rural industrialization and is typical of the extractive industries located in the New River Gorge and West Virginia.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N747
Survey number: HAER WV-51
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
West Virginia University Institute for the History of Technology & Industrial Engineering, field team
Maddex, Lee R, historian
Hriblan, John, delineator
Boxley, Paul, delineator
McClung, Kevin, delineator
Hriblan, John, delineator
Condie, Joe, delineator
Rudman, John, delineator
Location
Lookout, 38.06159, -81.07547
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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