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Photographer: Sandra Hughes
Taken: September 17, 2013
Caption: Mineral Railroad Trestle Marker
Additional Description: The mineral railroad provided an efficient delivery system, sending mined minerals straight to local furnaces. This system helped give the local industry a competitive edge. Above, coal is being loaded into railroad carat the Risco Coal Mine, which was served by the system. Courtesy of Birmingham Public Library Archives, Catalog # 26.89
Submitted: October 5, 2013, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA.
Database Locator Identification Number: p256075
File Size: 0.367 Megabytes

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