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Nuttallburg Ford-era coal town

Ghost town Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: Wheat cents, Mercury dimes, company scrip, miners tags.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1870s-1958 coal mining town

A New River coal town named for John Nuttall, whose mine supplied the C&O; Henry Ford owned it for a time and built a large conveyor to the river before selling in 1928. Production stopped in 1958 and the post office had closed in 1955.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

river, old mine structures

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