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Railroad Building in Virginia (1827 to 1860) - Virginiahistoryseries.org

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Boisseva<strong>in</strong><br />

“Tipples” at the<br />

Pocohantas coal<br />

field <strong>in</strong> Tazewell<br />

County, SW Virg<strong>in</strong>ia<br />

near Bluefield.<br />

A “tipple” was built<br />

over a RR track so<br />

that coal could be<br />

dropped down <strong>in</strong><strong>to</strong><br />

the RR cars for<br />

shipment <strong>to</strong> market<br />

by rail.<br />

“tipples”

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