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Loading map...1955 Map of Appalachia
USGS Topo · Published 1956About this map
Coal mining operations and company towns dominate this mid-century portrait of the Kentucky-Virginia state line. The landscape is defined by industrial extraction, with strip mines and Exeter Mine scarring the slopes of Black Mountain and Little Stone Mountain. The network of the L & N and Southern railroads serves a string of narrow mountain settlements including Appalachia, Stonega, and Roda, while a dismantled railroad north of Osaka indicates the changing footprint of the region's timber and mineral transport.
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Map Details
Date Portrayed1955
Date Published1956
PublisherU.S. Geological Survey
Map TypeTopographic
Scale1:24,000
Physical Dimensions22 x 27 inches
Editions of this 1955 Appalachia Map
6 editions found
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Source Details
SourceU.S. Geological Survey
CopyrightPublic Domain