Raleigh Coal & Coke Company Rail Spur Drawing
Scope and Content
This collection consists of an as-built drawing for a railroad spur line to the Raleigh Coal & Coke Company's Number 3 Mine. The spur was located on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's Piney Creek Branch (New River District). The drawing (number X-1614) contains the original plan, executed in 1918, as well as the as-built revisions of 1920.
Dates
- Creation: 1920 - 1920
Creator
- Raleigh Coal and Coke Company (1909-1950) (Organization)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the Raleigh Coal & Coal Company Rail Spur Drawing must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Historical Information
The Raleigh Coal & Coke Company operated in West Virginia during the early twentieth century, establishing a mine and camp at Raleigh (Raleigh County) in 1909. The company marketed its coal under the trade name "Black Knight Coal." Raleigh Coal & Coke ceased operations in 1950.
Full Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
As-built drawing for a railroad spur line to the Raleigh Coal & Coke Company's No. 3 Mine, located on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's Pine Creek Branch (New River District).
Acquisition Information
The Raleigh Coal & Coke Company Rail Spur Drawing was purchased by Special Collections in 2009. The document had been part of a larger group of railroad-related materials compiled by a collector, then sold to a dealer (see "separated material" section).
Separated Material
The Raleigh Coal & Coke Company Rail Spur Drawing was acquired as part of a larger collection of railway-related material that had been compiled by a collector, then sold to a dealer. In the course of processing, the drawing was removed to a separate collection. The acquisition of which this drawing was a part also included:
General Physical Description note
1 container; 0.1 cu. ft.
Processing Information
The processing and description of the Raleigh Coal & Coke Company Rail Spur Drawing commenced and was completed in March 2009.
- Title
- A Guide to the Raleigh Coal & Coke Company Rail Spur Drawing, 1920
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- John M. Jackson
- Date
- © 2009 By Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Description is in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu