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Part of the restored tipple and conveyor structure at Nuttallburg, West Virginia, a ghost town that was once one of about 50 places that sprang up in the deep West Virginia forests along the New River in the late 1800s in response to America's voracious demand for coal in the heart of the growing nation's industrial revolution

Part of the restored tipple and conveyor structure at Nuttallburg, Wes...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded by England-born entrepreneur John Nuttall, the town became the focus of national attention in the 1920s when, in an effort kno... More

Remnants of coke ovens at Nuttallburg, a ghost town that was once one of about 50 places that sprang up in the deep West Virginia forests along the New River in the late 1800s in response to America's voracious demand for coal in the heart of the growing nation's industrial revolution

Remnants of coke ovens at Nuttallburg, a ghost town that was once one ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded by England-born entrepreneur John Nuttall, the town became the focus of national attention in the 1920s when, in an effort kno... More

A Chesapeake & Ohio Railway coal train approaches Thurmond, a mostly deserted old Appalachian coal town in West Virginia

A Chesapeake & Ohio Railway coal train approaches Thurmond, a mostly d...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. In the 2010 census it's population was 5. During the heyday of coal mining in the New River Gorge in the late 19th and early 20th cent... More

Part of the restored tipple and conveyor structure at Nuttallburg, West Virginia, a ghost town that was once one of about 50 places that sprang up in the deep West Virginia forests along the New River in the late 1800s in response to America's voracious demand for coal in the heart of the growing nation's industrial revolution

Part of the restored tipple and conveyor structure at Nuttallburg, Wes...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded by England-born entrepreneur John Nuttall, the town became the focus of national attention in the 1920s when, in an effort kno... More

Thurmond, a mostly deserted old Appalachian coal town in West Virginia

Thurmond, a mostly deserted old Appalachian coal town in West Virginia

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. In the 2010 census the population was 5. During the heyday of coal mining in the New River Gorge in the late 19th and early 20th centu... More

Picturesque but slender road to Nuttallburg, a ghost town that was once one of about 50 places that sprang up in the deep West Virginia forests along the New River in the late 1800s in response to America's voracious demand for coal in the heart of the growing nation's industrial revolution

Picturesque but slender road to Nuttallburg, a ghost town that was onc...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded by England-born entrepreneur John Nuttall, the town became the focus of national attention in the 1920s when, in an effort kno... More

Part of the restored tipple and conveyor structure at Nuttallburg, West Virginia, a ghost town that was once one of about 50 places that sprang up in the deep West Virginia forests along the New River in the late 1800s in response to America's voracious demand for coal in the heart of the growing nation's industrial revolution

Part of the restored tipple and conveyor structure at Nuttallburg, Wes...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded by England-born entrepreneur John Nuttall, the town became the focus of national attention in the 1920s when, in an effort kno... More

Picturesque but slender road to Nuttallburg, a ghost town that was once one of about 50 places that sprang up in the deep West Virginia forests along the New River in the late 1800s in response to America's voracious demand for coal in the heart of the growing nation's industrial revolution

Picturesque but slender road to Nuttallburg, a ghost town that was onc...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded by England-born entrepreneur John Nuttall, the town became the focus of national attention in the 1920s when, in an effort kno... More

Main Street commercial building in Bramwell, known as the "Millionaires' Town in West Virginia's Southern Coalfields," which extended for 40 miles from Bramwell, which, it is said, once housed more millionaires per capita than any other town in America in the late 1800s

Main Street commercial building in Bramwell, known as the "Millionaire...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The rich Pochahontas coal fields, employing more than 100,000 miners, started in Bramwell and spread over forty miles. At one time, th... More

Part of the restored tipple and conveyor structure at Nuttallburg, West Virginia, a ghost town that was once one of about 50 places that sprang up in the deep West Virginia forests along the New River in the late 1800s in response to America's voracious demand for coal in the heart of the growing nation's industrial revolution

Part of the restored tipple and conveyor structure at Nuttallburg, Wes...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded by England-born entrepreneur John Nuttall, the town became the focus of national attention in the 1920s when, in an effort kno... More

Gigantic 2009 mural by Tom Acosta in the distressed Appalachian town of Welch in southern West Virginia, depicting the town's halcyon days

Gigantic 2009 mural by Tom Acosta in the distressed Appalachian town o...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Artist Acosta is a Welch native and practitioner. Incorporated in 1893, Welch became a prosperous city in the first half of the 20th c... More

Part of the restored tipple and conveyor structure at Nuttallburg, West Virginia, a ghost town that was once one of about 50 places that sprang up in the deep West Virginia forests along the New River in the late 1800s in response to America's voracious demand for coal in the heart of the growing nation's industrial revolution

Part of the restored tipple and conveyor structure at Nuttallburg, Wes...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded by England-born entrepreneur John Nuttall, the town became the focus of national attention in the 1920s when, in an effort kno... More

The "Honeymoon Cottage" in Bramwell, known as the "Millionaires' Town in West Virginia's Southern Coalfields," which extended for 40 miles from Bramwell, which, it is said, once housed more millionaires per capita than any other town in America in the late 1800s

The "Honeymoon Cottage" in Bramwell, known as the "Millionaires' Town ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The rich Pochahontas coal fields, employing more than 100,000 miners, started in Bramwell and spread over forty miles. At one time, th... More

The Cooper House in Bramwell, known as the "Millionaires' Town in West Virginia's Southern Coalfields," which extended for 40 miles from Bramwell, which, it is said, once housed more millionaires per capita than any other town in America in the late 1800s

The Cooper House in Bramwell, known as the "Millionaires' Town in West...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The rich Pochahontas coal fields, employing more than 100,000 miners, started in Bramwell and spread over forty miles. At one time, th... More

The elegant residential section of Main Strreet in Bramwell, known as the "Millionaires' Town in West Virginia's Southern Coalfields," which extended for 40 miles from Bramwell, which, it is said, once housed more millionaires per capita than any other town in America in the late 1800s

The elegant residential section of Main Strreet in Bramwell, known as ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The rich Pochahontas coal fields, employing more than 100,000 miners, started in Bramwell and spread over forty miles. At one time, th... More