Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine - West Virginia
Today we traveled due East to West Virginia. Here we stopped to tour the Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine in Beckley, WV. This was a very active coal mine back at the turn of the century and it’s now owned by the county to preserve the Coal Miners way of life!
While there, we took a train ride deep into the Coal Mine. Much to my surprise, there was water dripping in everywhere, and in some places, the tracks for the train were completely covered! Originally, the mine was only 28” high, just enough to get the coal out, but enlarged for the tour train to get through! Despite being mildly claustrophobic, the trip thru the mine was cool (56F) but not overly scary!
After the mine tour, we walked around the Old Coal Town and the Homestead Town. The tour guide thru the Homestead Town enlightened us as to where many sayings came from. This ranged from a machine called a Weasel that popped when a yard of yarn was reached…coining the term ‘Pop goes the Weasel’. Another was the use of corn cobs as toilet paper…coining the term ‘Rough as a Cob’. Another was the bed filled with corn husks suspended by ropes…coining ‘Sleep tight and don’t let the Bed bugs Bite’.
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Tours-TV.com: Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine
The Exhibition Coal Mine is a large museum complex, including Rahall Company Store, coal museum and even an underground mine 1500 ft deep. United States : West Virginia : Beckley. See on map .
Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine Tour 7-25-15
My rock club did a field trip to the Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine in Beckley, West Virginia. We learned quite a bit about what it was like to be a coal miner back in the day.
Beckley exhibition coal mine tour in 1989
West Virginia Theatre For All at the Beckley Youth Museum
The format for Brio's Theater for All empowers all participants because it is an inclusive process, where each individual has participated in some way and ends with a self-produced and self-created artistic piece as the final product.
The program took place from July 15-17 at the Beckley's Youth Museum and consisted of a three day integrated workshop ending with a self-created performance entitled “Tinkerbell presents …..”
The program was funded by the United Way of Southern West Virginia, the West Virginia Commission on the Arts, and the International Irish Festival.
video produced & edited by Margo Attaya and Chris Durham
video footage by The Cucumber & Company
Chef Sawsan Galal of the Ambrosia Inn
Rebecca Beckett - sound equipment
Aggie Durham - production assistant
Video facility by WinCAM of Winchester MA
music by ‘Kings and Queens’ Allalujah Choir creative common
aerial footage by Walter Scriptures II creative common
Exhibition Coal Mine 2
Exhibition Coal Mine in Beckley, West Virginia. Inside the coal mine.
Fallout 76 Road Trip! Exhibition Coal Mine!
Join me as we explore the Exhibition Coal Mine! This authentic restoration of a coal town and mine will give you a glimpse into the day-to-day life of a coal miner during the early 1900’s.
We’ll discover the coal camp buildings and there significance, learn about the history of WV coal mining in the museum, and take a trip 1500 feet underground on man cars through the Phillips Family Mine.
Then I’ll speculate as to how coal mining will fit into the gameplay of Fallout 76!
Special credit to Reddit user Nickvalentine1994
Want more? Check out my other Road Trip videos in the playlist!
Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour (22JUL2015)
The tour of the Lackawanna anthracite coal mine starts with a winched rail car descent down a steep grade to 300 feet below the surface. Our guide (a 25 year veteran miner) shared his knowledge and experiences on the half mile walking tour through different chambers in the mine.
I Had to be rescued from an abandoned mine shaft part 1
Sorry about the bad audio quality but it was really wet in there so I used the water proof case on the camera and I don't have an external mic.
Princeton, WV: Otis Hydraulic Elevators in Hampton Inn
(Recorded 8/2/14)
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Elevator Information
Brand: Otis
Fixtures: Series 1
Floors Served: 5
Grube Messel Museum Media Elevator
For Keeara: Otis Elevator at the Hampton Inn in Princeton WV
Keeara, I hope you enjoy this. Your mom said you liked Otis so I thought I would make this video just for you. It's one of the ones we filmed while in West Virginia this past summer. :)
Westinghouse Hydraulic Elevator at the Landmark in Weirton, WV
This is just your basic Westinghouse MPH1 elevator from the late 1980s. It is strange that when the door opens on 1R, their is a wall
ETSU President, Dr. Brian Noland, at STEM Conference
ETSU President, Dr. Brian Noland, addresses attendees at the 6th Annual ETSU-sponsored Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Conference, May 23, 2012.
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