Wallsend Coal and Coke Company

ID: 2545
This file appears in: Wallsend Mine

An excerpt from a book tells the early story of the Wallsend Mine in Bell County, Kentucky. Courtesy of the University of Kentucky.

This file appears in: Wallsend Mine

By McKenzie Martin
Historical Marker #1272 commemorates Wallsend Coal Mine, the first to begin operation in Bell County. Commercial enterprises expanded in Bell County when the Louisville and Nashville Railroad was…