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Coal truck on Blair Mountain, near Logan, WV, circa 1970s.
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Coal mining operation near Logan, WV, circa 1970s.
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Burning red dog pile near Hutchinson, WV, circa 1970s
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Gob pile on Buffalo Creek, near Man and Logan, WV. Photo circa early-1970s. Gob pile were also called culm banks, boney, slag dumps, spoil piles, red dog, slate pile or slate dumps, and ash hills.
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Aerial view of mobile homes used by families wiped out in the early-1970s when an earthen dam gave way on Buffalo Creek, near Man and Logan, WV. The resulting tidal wave of water killed 104 people.
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Supervisors' homes in "company town" near Logan, WV
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Company houses of miners, in same "company town" as previous photo
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Main street in Dehue, WV, a Youngstown Steel Corp. "company town" near Logan, WV
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Rear view of supervisors' houses at Dehue, WV, near Logan
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Supervisors' houses along main road through Holden, WV
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The narrow main street of Logan, WV, circa 1970s
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Houses perched on hillside near Logan, WV, circa 1970s
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Houses and buildins along main highway through Clothier, WV, between Logan and Madison, WV, circa 1970s.
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