A train hauls coal from the Warrior Coal Field in Blount County. The large coal reserves in the district sparked railroad construction and industrial development throughout northern Alabama.
Coal Train
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Courtesy of Birmingham Public Library Archives. Photograph by O. V. Hunt.
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