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Camera Maker Canon Camera Model Canon PowerShot G5
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Flash No Flash Focal Length 10.1875 mm
Date/Time 2004:04:02 18:08:36 Copyright © 2004 Jason O. Watson. All rights reserved.
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Keywords Midlothian Coal Mines Tredegar Iron Works VA attraction display education historical marker Historical Site information landmark marker Place of Interest sign Tourist Destination Travel Destination Virginia attractive Chesterfield County destination educating historic marker historic site info signage tourist attraction appealing history no people text tourism travel South attract historic nobody word daytime displays historical markers landmarks markers signs appeal color image educate historical outdoor vertical day destinations historic markers historic sites tourist attractions US colour image outside day time USA day-time U.S. words color images daylight Jason O. Watson / historical-markers.org outdoors U.S.A. verticals colour images natural light outsides United States United States of America sign with text Caption MIDLOTHIAN COAL MINES South of here are the Midlothian Coal Mines, probably the oldest coal mines in America. Coal was first mined here before 1730, and during the Revolution, coal from these mines supplied the cannon foundry at Westham. The first railroad in Virginia was built from the Midlothian mines to the town of Manchester in 1831. The mines produced coal that was used in casting cannon at the Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond during the Civil War. Mining operations ceased in 1923. Department of Conservation and Historic Resources, 1987.