Dilapidated preparation plant at Century, WV in Barbour County, which was a captive mine for Bethleham Steel
Century, WV coal camp, showing company built houses.
Company housing on the hillside behind the UMWA hall.
Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church for all of the Italian, Polish, and Slovak immigrants in the Century, WV coal camp. I'm not convinced that this parish is still active.
Pete emailed in this photo of the truck dump at Century and writes, "This is something that most people miss at this site. There is a
truck unloading tipple at the one end. There is a steel retaining
wall but if you take a close look the wall was constructed using the
'old' steel mine cars stacked up. I estimate at least 60-70 cars were used." (Photo courtesy of Pete and Mike)
Detail of the retaining wall consisting of old mine cars (Photo courtesy of Pete and Mike)