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  • Car lights illuminate a stationary coal train near the Mammoth Coal Processing Plant. Kanawha Valley, West Virginia.
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  • The Mammoth Coal Processing Plant is seen in a long exposure.
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  • The Mammoth Coal Processing Plant is seen in a long exposure. Route 60, Kanawha County, West Virginia.
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  • The Mammoth Coal Processing Plant is seen in a long exposure. Route 60, Kanawha County, West Virginia.
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  • The John E. Amos power plant is seen from a field outside of Winfield, W,Va., on Thursday night, August 23, 2018. Built in the 1970's, the plant is the largest in the American Electric Power system. Many of AEP's smaller coal-fired power plants in Appalachia closed in response to environmental regulations such as the Clean Power Plan in 2015.
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  • The John E. Amos power plant is seen from a field outside of Winfield, W,Va., on Thursday night, August 23, 2018. Built in the 1970's, the plant is the largest in the American Electric Power system. Many of AEP's smaller coal-fired power plants in Appalachia closed in response to environmental regulations such as the Clean Power Plan in 2015.
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  • The Kanawha River power plant, shut down since 2015, is seen on a moonlit night in Glasgow, W,Va., on Monday night, August 28, 2018.
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  • The Kanawha River power plant, shut down since 2015, is seen on a moonlit night in Glasgow, W,Va.
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  • The Kanawha River power plant, shut down since 2015, is seen on a moonlit night in Glasgow, W,Va.
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  • A single coal barge traveling up the Ohio River is seen on April 19, 2019 from a window of one of West Virginia Army National Guard Company C, 1-150th Assault Battalion’s latest aircraft- the UH-60M Black Hawk. The UH-60M Blackhawks, of which the unit will receive ten by January 2020,  are the first factory-new aircraft ever received by the unit.
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  • Mt Hope is a former mining town that was a premier destination for Fayette County from its formation in the 1890's to its chartering in the 1920s and beyond. Unlike many other mining towns throughout the state where only a company general store was allowed, Mt. Hope grew independently, with its main street teeming with restaurants, theaters, hotels, shopping boutiques and more. However, as the decades wore on economic realities began taking their toll, with major employers such as the New River coal company shutting down (the local siltex mine just outside of town was one of the last mines in operation, and was also the site of a mining accident in 1966 that killed seven workers). leading to a steady decline for the once prosperous town. Now, of the dozens of buildings lining main street, only a handful have businesses occupying them. The town of 1,400 has no more than two eateries, a local Italian restaurant and an Italian chain further down the street. The local high school was demolished, with students now going to school in nearby Oak Hill or Beckley. Even places of basic employment are shutting down, with a local family dollar shutting its doors a short while ago.
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  • A great blue heron stands on the edge of the C&O Canal at dusk. As seen from along the towpath at Great Falls in Potomac, MD. <br />
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The C&O Canal was created in the 1830's in an effort to connect the Ohio River Valley frontier with the East Coast. However, trains were beginning to come onto the scene around the time of construction. Beginning with the B&O Railroad based out of Baltimore, trains could carry much larger cargos than canal boats, travel faster and be constructed far easier than digging and dredging canals. Construction was halted at Cumberland Maryland, 100 miles west of Washington, as the railroad arrived at Pittsburgh, making the canals original purposes obsolete. Nonetheless, the canal was widely used for transportation of raw materials such as coal from mines in West Virginia. The canal fell into disuse by the 20th century, and the National Parks Service purchased the canal in the 1930's.
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  • The C&O Canal (short for Chesapeake and Ohio) is seen at dusk along the towpath at Great Falls in Potomac, MD. <br />
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The C&O Canal was created in the 1830's in an effort to connect the Ohio River Valley frontier with the East Coast. However, trains were beginning to come onto the scene around the time of construction. Beginning with the B&O Railroad based out of Baltimore, trains could carry much larger cargos than canal boats, travel faster and be constructed far easier than digging and dredging canals. Construction was halted at Cumberland Maryland, 100 miles west of Washington, as the railroad arrived at Pittsburgh, making the canals original purposes obsolete. Nonetheless, the canal was widely used for transportation of raw materials such as coal from mines in West Virginia. The canal fell into disuse by the 20th century, and the National Parks Service purchased the canal in the 1930's.
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