Pemberton is located on Soak Creek and was owned by the Pemberton Coal Co. Later the Lillybrook Coal Co. and Koppers Coal Co. simultaneously mined there, with each operating a company store. A few people still live there.

Where the C&O and Virginian railroads crossed

An old pump house remains from the coal mining operations at Pemberton.

An old wooden trestle near Pemberton. These are starting to get hard to find.

This is the last wall of a general store that burned in Pemberton. The store was owned by the late Sam Amato.

Sam Amato's store as it looked in 1965 (Thanks to Leonard S.)

A great old picture of the railroad depot (Virginian?) contributed by Leonard S. That is smoke from one of the slate dumps on the left.

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