Small Country Town Not Related to Coal Mining near the West Virginia Turnpike North of Beckley 06/1974
Image by The U.S. National Archives
Original Caption: Small Country Town Not Related to Coal Mining near the West Virginia Turnpike North of Beckley. It Was the Establishment of a Network of Lesser Roads That Allowed Miners to Commute a Greater Distance to Work, and Was One of the Factors Which Lead to the Decline of the Company Coal Towns. Before the Roads the Miners Clustered Around the Mines They Worked and Walked to Their Jobs 06/1974
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-14128
Photographer: Corn, Jack, 1929-
Subjects:
Beckley (Raleigh county, West Virginia, United States) inhabited place
Environmental Protection Agency
Project DOCUMERICA
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