Coal Village Site
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Coal Village Site | |
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| Nearest city | Port Graham, Alaska |
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| Coordinates | 59°23′52″N 151°53′52″W / 59.39778°N 151.89778°WCoordinates: 59°23′52″N 151°53′52″W / 59.39778°N 151.89778°W |
| Area | 65.1 acres (26.3 ha) |
| Built | 1855 |
| NRHP Reference # | 78003424[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 21, 1978 |
The Coal Village Site, designated SEL-021 by the Alaska Heritage Resource Survey, is a historic archaeological site near Port Graham, Alaska. It was the location of a coal mining operation established by the Russian American Company in 1855, and was for a time the third largest settlement in Russian Alaska. An open-pit coal mine was mined until 1860, when a fire destroyed the main steam engine, and the site was abandoned in 1865. When the site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, it was overgrown, and remnants of building foundations, a railway, and other artifacts were discernible, as was a refuse midden.[2]
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References
- ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "NRHP nomination for Coal Village Site" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-01-30.
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