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Corn, Jack, 1929-, Photographer (NARA record: 8464440)
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Environmental Protection Agency. (12/02/1970 - )
Title
YOUNGSTERS WALK ON TIES OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS THAT PASS THROUGH FIRECO, WEST VIRGINIA, NEAR BECKLEY. IN THE OLD MINING COMMUNITIES THE RAILROADS ALWAYS WENT THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE TOWNS WHICH WERE BUILT IN THE VALLEYS AROUND THEM. IT WAS THE RAILROADS WHICH MADE IT POSSIBLE TO SHIP OUT THE COAL, THE REASON THE TOWNS WERE BUILT. FIRECO WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A ONCE GREAT COAL AREA, BUT DECLINED AS THE MINES GAVE OUT
Depicted place West Virginia (United States, North and Central America) state (39°N 80°W / 39°N 80°W / 39; -80; NARA geographical record)
Date May 1974
date QS:P571,+1974-05-00T00:00:00Z/10
institution QS:P195,Q38945047
Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S)
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This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 556490.

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  • Record group: Record Group 412: Records of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1944 - 2006 (National Archives Identifier: 708)
  • Series: DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern, compiled 1972 - 1977 (National Archives Identifier: 542493)
  • Agency-Assigned Identifier: 234/58/014038

NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-412-DA-14038

  • 412-DA-14038
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YOUNGSTERS WALK ON TIES OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS THAT PASS THROUGH FIRECO, WEST VIRGINIA, NEAR BECKLEY. IN THE OLD MINING COMMUNITIES THE RAILROADS ALWAYS WENT THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE TOWNS WHICH WERE BUILT IN THE VALLEYS AROUND THEM. IT WAS THE RAILROADS WHICH MADE IT POSSIBLE TO SHIP OUT THE COAL, THE REASON THE TOWNS WERE BUILT. FIRECO WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A ONCE GREAT COAL AREA, BUT DECLINED AS THE MINES GAVE OUT (English)

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