Norfolk and Western Railroad.
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Herbert S. Thomas, Engineer, Scrapbook of Construction of the Ohio Extension of the Norfolk and Western Railroad
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3592
Overview
Scrapbook of photographs kept by Herbert S. Thomas, an engineer of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, regarding construction of the Railroad's Ohio Extension along the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River between Welch and Kenova, West Virginia. The length of this extension is about 140 miles and was built between 1889 and 1893, according to a notebook kept by Thomas (which is not in the collection). There are 138 photographs mounted onto 48 pages; there are also 14 unmounted, loose photographs...
Dates:
1892-1893
Justus Collins (1857-1934) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1824
Scope and Contents
Justus Collins [1857-1934] was an entrepreneur who opened his first coal mine in the Pocahontas- Flat Top coal field of Southern West Virginia, and thereafter operated mines in the New River, Tug River, and Winding Gulf coal fields. He headed a coal sales agency, speculated in coal and timber lands, headed a cement company, and was interested financially in rubber, oil, and gas companies. He played an important role in organizing the Tug River Coal Operators Association, the Winding Gulf...
Dates:
1887-1962
Smokeless Coal Operators Association Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1830
Scope and Contents
Production statistics and extracts from the historical files of the Smokeless Operators Association (until 1958 the Pocahontas Operators Association) showing the history of coal mining in the Pocahontas field and production, sales, and distribution statistics for the years 1930 and 1933-1961. There are weekly, monthly, and yearly reports on net tons produced, hours, worked, and tonnage lost because of labor problems, mine disability, or lack of market. There are lists of the coal companies...
Dates:
1800 (1952-1961)
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- Coal mining - coal operators associations. 2
- Coal mining. 2
- Account books 1
- Bluefield (W. Va.) 1
- Church buildings 1
- Coal Mining - Tug River field 1
- Coal mining - New River field. 1
- Coal mining - Regulation. 1
- Coal mining - Safety. 1
- Coal mining - Winding Gulf field. 1
- Coal mining - coal and coke sales. 1
- Coal mining - coal companies. 1
- Coal mining -- Strikes 1
- Education 1
- Landgraff, W.Va. 1
- Maps. 1
- New Deal, 1933-1939 1
- New River coalfields. 1
- Norfolk, V.A. 1
- Pocahontas County (W. Va.) 1
- Pocahontas V.a. 1
- Pocahontas-Flat Top coalfield. 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Railroads - Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Norfolk and Western Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Virginia Railway - Winding Gulf Branch. 1
- Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 1
- Snowville, V.A. 1
- Taxation 1
- Tug Fork 1
- Unions. 1
- Virginian Railroad -- Railroads 1
- Winding Gulf (W. Va.) -- Coalfields 1 + ∧ less
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