Nuttallburg Coal Mining Complex and Town Historic District
Nuttallburg Coal Mining Complex and Town Historic District | |
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Location | County Route 85/2, Fayette County, West Virginia |
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Nearest city | Fayetteville, West Virginia |
Coordinates | 38°3′0″N 81°2′25″W / 38.05000°N 81.04028°W |
Built | 1873 |
Architect | Roberts & Schaefer Co.; Fairmont Mining Machinery Co. |
NRHP reference No. | 07000846[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 22, 2007 |
The Nuttallburg Coal Mining Complex and Town Historic District is located near Winona, West Virginia in New River Gorge National Park and Preserve. The townsite is almost directly across from the Kay Moor mine and townsite, now abandoned. Like Kay Moor, the town is built around the railroad line at the bottom of the gorge, with an array of coke ovens and mining structures, as well as a bridge across the New River to South Nuttall.[2]
Nuttallburg was closely associated with the Nuttallburg underground mine, a room and pillar mine that was sealed in 1958. The mine was established to develop the New River Coalfield in 1870 by John Nuttall, who correctly anticipated that the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad would be built through the New River Gorge. When the railroad arrived in 1873 Nuttall had built almost 100 houses, with 80 coke ovens, a variety of mine structures and a coal tipple on a railroad siding.
Flat land by the river was dedicated to railroad and industrial use, leaving houses to seek perches on the hillsides. The town was racially segregated with white workers on the west side of Short Creek and black workers on the east side and between the railroad and the river. Because development stretched along both banks of the river, a pedestrian suspension bridge was built across the river by the Roebling Bridge Company in 1899.[2]
The mines in the area were acquired by the Fordson Coal Company in the 1920s as "captive mines" to supply coal to the Ford Motor Company's River Rouge plant in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford updated many of the mines' facilities at that time. However, Fordson sold the mine to the New River Coal Corporation in 1928, possibly because railroad regulations made coal transport to Michigan too difficult.[2]
Most of the frame structures in Nuttallburg have succumbed to weather or have been salvaged for building materials. The National Park Service acquired the town, mining complex and surrounding area from the Nuttall Estate in 1998 and incorporated it into New River Gorge National River.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c d Rita Walsh (March 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Nuttallburg Coal Mining Complex and Town Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service.
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External links
[edit] Media related to Nuttallburg Coal Mining Complex and Town Historic District at Wikimedia Commons
- Nuttallburg, West Virginia at Abandoned
- Nuttallburg, West Virginia at Coal Camp USA
All of the following are filed under north side of New River, 2.7 miles upstream from Fayette Landing, Lookout, Fayette County, WV:
- HAER No. WV-51, "Nuttallburg Mine Complex", 14 measured drawings, 121 data pages
- HAER No. WV-51-A, "Nuttallburg Mine Complex, Headhouse", 11 photos, 1 photo caption page
- HAER No. WV-51-B, "Nuttallburg Mine Complex, Hoist House", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page
- HAER No. WV-51-C, "Nuttallburg Mine Complex, Main Mine", 3 photos, 1 photo caption page
- HAER No. WV-51-D, "Nuttallburg Mine Complex, Substation", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page
- HAER No. WV-51-E, "Nuttallburg Mine Complex, Fan House", 2 photos, 1 photo caption page
- HAER No. WV-51-F, "Nuttallburg Mine Complex, Tipple", 9 photos, 2 photo caption pages
- HAER No. WV-51-G, "Nuttallburg Mine Complex, Coke Ovens", 2 photos, 1 photo caption page
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- Coal towns in West Virginia
- Coal mines in the United States
- National Coal Heritage Area
- New River Coalfield
- National Register of Historic Places in New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
- Buildings and structures in Fayette County, West Virginia
- Ghost towns in West Virginia
- Historic districts in Fayette County, West Virginia
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Energy infrastructure on the National Register of Historic Places
- Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Fayette County, West Virginia
- Populated places on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Tourist attractions in Fayette County, West Virginia
- Historic American Engineering Record in West Virginia
- Coal mining in Appalachia
- 1873 establishments in West Virginia