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1972 Map of Duo

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Duo
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

Strip Mines and industrial infrastructure dominate this portion of the Monongahela National Forest during the early 1970s. The extraction landscape is centered around the settlement of Duo, where the Chesapeake and Ohio railway serves a local tipple and slag dump. To the north, the Conrail line skirts the community of Cobb, navigating the complex topography of Beech Ridge and Bruffman Br.

High ridges such as Meadow Bluff and Shellcamp Ridge divide the watershed, with numerous small waterways like Smokehouse Br and Clear Creek carving deep valleys. The presence of purple photorevision markings highlights land use changes and road developments near Kuhn Glades and Briery Knob. This map illustrates the intersection of heavy industry and protected forest lands in Greenbrier County, capturing a moment when rail transport and surface mining were the primary drivers of the local mountain economy.