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01-Mar-2005 Karen Stuebing

Coal Tipple

West Virginia



Olympus C-5050Z
1/320s f/5.0 at 7.1mm iso64 full exif

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Guest 08-Feb-2011 03:15
Any more pics? This one is stirring, and beautifully made, by the way. Interesting comments too, the way a picture like this goes straight to peoples' emotions.
Guest 24-Oct-2009 15:25
Great photo - if it wasn't for coal we'd be a little colder and reading by candlelight - and oh btw, we'd never see this great photo because our computers wouldn't work.
Jeffrey Hughes 15-Feb-2009 03:33
Winter is a terrible season in West Virginia. I grew up in the Nitro and Cross Lanes area in West Virginia, which is a destination for a lot of the coal, due to the John Amos Power plant. Three large cooling towers and two insanely tall stacks makes for an ominous back drop. The coal fired power plant is not what makes Nitro unforgettably rank, its the constant stench of sulphur and various other pestiferous chemical odors emanating from the numerous chemical plants. Our high school cross country team's shirt had a skeleton jogging with the skyline of stacks in back ground. West Virginia is absolutely gorgeous in the summer though and despite all the aforementioned ugliness, a wonderful place for a boy to grow up.

Karen thank you for the photo of the majestic coal tipple. For all those folks that aren't from a place like this - don't immediately judge it as a horrible place, just see it as a place where people are making a living their way, just like those hog farms I pass on my way back to Wilmington, NC.
Cheryl Hawkins07-Mar-2005 23:42
Nice and clear photo for such a dirty place. Thank you for the view of your world, Karen.
Jude Marion05-Mar-2005 17:26
Wonderful photo's ... I really like industrial settings ...
Karen Leaf05-Mar-2005 03:37
The demand is still high for this type of material... Thanks very much for this Karen.
Argishti Khachik03-Mar-2005 10:37
Excellent shot, Karen! Very well done.
Cheers
Costi Jacky 02-Mar-2005 17:03
The area seem so sad.
Stu02-Mar-2005 15:41
Excellent rural industrial image, Karen.
Bryan Murahashi02-Mar-2005 15:41
NIce shot, though I can't imagine living in that kind of environment.
Herb 02-Mar-2005 15:28
Great image
Ian Clowes02-Mar-2005 14:48
Not much mining left in the uk - mostly imported! Pit closures affected many areas - to this day.
Coleen Perilloux Landry02-Mar-2005 13:39
This is a very true picture of the area. Wonderful!
Gary Blanchette02-Mar-2005 13:25
This is very interesting. Thanks for sharing Karen.
Guest 02-Mar-2005 13:14
For over 20 years, I earned my living working in a hard rock mine, 3000 ft below the surface. I guess some would call it a tough job, but I always said I would never work in a coal mine. I still say that. Thank you for sharing this with us, Karen.
Antonis Sarantos02-Mar-2005 12:20
Very nice composition, excellent industrial image!
Guest 02-Mar-2005 12:08
it's nice to see the rails still in use but to live there is another story..for me the black fence adds so much to this image..well done Karen
laine8202-Mar-2005 12:01
A sad tale of how tough life can be in some industries, Karen. A lovely clear photo.