Coalburgh Mine Model

Model

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West Virginia Mine Wars Museum

Name/Title

Coalburgh Mine Model

Entry/Object ID

MW.0192

Description

Handmade HO-scale model coal preparation plant with mine entrance and attendant railroad, workers, and vehicles.

Context

Part of Fred Barkey’s collection of Appalachian folk art, much of it made from coal in some form or representing the labor of coal mining.

Collection

Fred Barkey Collection

Category

Fragile

Model Details

Physical Object Type

Building

Scale

1:87

Model Type

Assembled

Made/Created

Artist

Harold Stevenson

Date made

Jan 5, 2001

Materials

Material

Paper, Wood, Metal

Material Notes

some plant material and model-making materials are present