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- National_Coal_Heritage_Area abstract "The National Coal Heritage Area (NCHA) is a federally designated region of thirteen counties in West Virginia that were the source of "smokeless" bituminous coal through much of the 20th century. The National Heritage Area recognizes the area's cultural and historic qualities and serves to promote tourism, historic preservation and economic development in the region. The idea of the NCHA was first proposed in the early 1990s by Congressman Nick Rahall, and was established on November 12, 1996 by the 1996 Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act. The designated area includes Boone, Cabell, Fayette, Logan, Lincoln, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Raleigh, Summers, Wayne, and Wayne counties.Exploitation of coal in West Virginia began in the 1840s with the mining and refining of cannel coal in the Kanawha Valley. The principal coal fields in the Heritage Area include the New River, Winding Gulf and Flat Top-Pocahontas coal fields, of which the Pocahontas No. 3 seam was the most valuable. As the coalfields were exploited a network of railroads were developed, primarily by the Chesapeake and Ohio, the Norfolk and Western and the Virginian railways, the latter two associated with the Pocahontas and Winding Gulf fields, respectively. Large industrial corporations acquired extensive holdings as well, with U.S. Steel's U.S. Coal and Coke subsidiary controlling large portions of the Pocahontas and the New River Company and Winding Gulf Collieries controlling their respective regions.".
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- National_Coal_Heritage_Area wikiPageWikiLink Bituminous_coal.
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area wikiPageWikiLink Boone_County,_West_Virginia.
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area wikiPageWikiLink Cabell_County,_West_Virginia.
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area wikiPageWikiLink Cannel_coal.
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area wikiPageWikiLink Category:National_Coal_Heritage_Area.
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area wikiPageWikiLink Category:National_Heritage_Areas_of_the_United_States.
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area wikiPageWikiLink Chesapeake_and_Ohio_Railway.
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area wikiPageWikiLink Fayette_County,_West_Virginia.
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area wikiPageWikiLink Historic_preservation.
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area wikiPageWikiLink Kanawha_River.
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area wikiPageWikiLink Lincoln_County,_West_Virginia.
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area wikiPageWikiLink Logan_County,_West_Virginia.
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area wikiPageWikiLink McDowell_County,_West_Virginia.
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area wikiPageWikiLink Mercer_County,_West_Virginia.
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area wikiPageWikiLink Mingo_County,_West_Virginia.
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area wikiPageWikiLink National_Heritage_Area.
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area wikiPageWikiLink New_River_Coalfield.
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area wikiPageWikiLink Nick_Rahall.
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area wikiPageWikiLink Norfolk_and_Western_Railway.
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area wikiPageWikiLink Pocahontas_Coalfield.
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area wikiPageWikiLink Raleigh_County,_West_Virginia.
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area wikiPageWikiLink Summers_County,_West_Virginia.
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area wikiPageWikiLink U.S._Coal_and_Coke.
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area wikiPageWikiLink U.S._Steel.
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area wikiPageWikiLink Virginian_Railway.
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area wikiPageWikiLink Wayne_County,_West_Virginia.
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area wikiPageWikiLink West_Virginia.
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area wikiPageWikiLink Winding_Gulf_Coalfield.
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area wikiPageWikiLinkText "National Coal Heritage Area".
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- National_Coal_Heritage_Area subject Category:National_Coal_Heritage_Area.
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area subject Category:National_Heritage_Areas_of_the_United_States.
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area hypernym Source.
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area type Area.
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area type Area.
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area comment "The National Coal Heritage Area (NCHA) is a federally designated region of thirteen counties in West Virginia that were the source of "smokeless" bituminous coal through much of the 20th century. The National Heritage Area recognizes the area's cultural and historic qualities and serves to promote tourism, historic preservation and economic development in the region.".
- National_Coal_Heritage_Area label "National Coal Heritage Area".
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