3-4 view of bridge connecting over new river which connects thurmond to south side junction. View facing southwest. - Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, Thurmond Yards, East side New River, mouths of Arbuckle and Dunlop Circles, Thurmond, Fayette County, WV
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Significance: The Thurmond Yards were established during the 1880s to facilitate the transportation of the New River Gorge's smokeless coal to markets along the C.O. Railroad. As a maintenance and repair facility the Thurmond Yards were a major regional feature along the C.O. throughout the steam engine era. As a major assembling point for coal cars from different mines, the marshalling yards at Thurmond were credited with handling more coal, and thus producing more revenue, than all but a few such facilities. Finally, as a town where only trains traveled down Main Street, Thurmond gained a reputation as a regional center of commerce and recreation, legal or otherwise.
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