Abandoned schools in West Virginia serve as poignant testaments to the state’s changing educational landscape and social fabric. These forsaken edifices, found in both secluded rural areas and bustling urban centers, were once filled with the vibrancy of education and communal engagement.
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The Sprouse Creek Preparation Plant, located in Mingo County, West Virginia, was responsible for cleaning, blending, and loading coal into railcars for distribution.
Matewan High School was a public high school in the coalfields of West Virginia. It closed in 2011 because of declining enrollment and consolidation.
The West Virginia Coal & Coke Company Power Plant was a 7,000 KW coal-fired electrical generation facility in Logan County, West Virginia.
The Fields Creek Coal Dock is a disused rail-to-barge operation along the Kanawha River in central West Virginia.
Port Amherst is home to a disused rail-to-barge and barge-to-rail facility along the Kanawha River in West Virginia.
Brooklyn is a former coal camp developed by the Brooklyn Coal Company along the New River in West Virginia.
Red Ash was a coal camp established by the Red Ash Coal & Coke Company, located along the New River in West Virginia.
The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway South Side Branch is a partly abandoned line along the New River between South Side Junction to Macdougal, West Virginia.
Abandoned schools in Kentucky are silent witnesses to the state’s historical and educational transitions. Nestled among the state’s picturesque hills and valleys, these structures once resonated with the sounds of students and teachers, symbolizing the heart of community life and learning.
The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Long Fork Subdivision existed between Martin and mines in the southern reaches of Floyd County, Kentucky, including Weeksbury, Wheelwright, and Price.
Wheelwright and Price were two company towns and mines owned by the Inland Steel Company in southern Kentucky.
The Sizemore Mining Corporation mined coal in the Elkhorn coalfield in the southern reaches of Floyd County, Kentucky.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Levisa Subdivision was a 22.7-mile coal-hauling line that connected Millard to Dunlap, Kentucky.