L & N Railroad

ID: 2546
This file appears in: Wallsend Mine

The L & N was extended from Corbin to Pineville a year before the opening of Wallsend Mine. The railroad transported much of the coal from the mine. 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…