L & N Railroad
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
Wallsend Mine
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 extended from Corbin to Pineville in 1888. The…