Tipple

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This file appears in: Lynch
Tipple

This postcard photograph shows a coal tipple at Lynch, Kentucky. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Lynch

By McKenzie Martin
Historical Marker #1803 in Harlan County commemorates Lynch, the largest company-owned town in Kentucky through World War II. Lynch was established by the U.S. Coal and Coke Company, a subsidiary of the United States Steel Company, in 1917. The…