NPS State Officials Tour Centralia That Morning State politicians came to Centralia on February 14, 1981, to meet with town ...

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While most evidence that the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co. operated in town is gone, there is a place where visitors can see what this part of Alabama was like in its mining heyday.

It is hard to overstate just how central coal has been to the Hunter region. In 1799, Newcastle, the area's biggest city, farewelled Australia's first commodity export – a shipment of coal.

When everyone who worked at the mine loses their job, every home in town becomes valueless. There is no market to sell it, and the bank does not refinance mortgages down.

Union Pacific’s desire to own and operate coal mines deflated when the train company switched to diesel engines, but Rock Springs and its satellite settlements still relied on coal mining.