RED ASH
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RED ASH |
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NAME: Red Ash COUNTY: Fayette ROADS: 2WD GRID: 5 CLIMATE: Cool spring hot summer, cool fall, cold winter BEST TIME TO VISIT: Late spring, summer and fall |
COMMENTS: Located in the New River Gorge. Here is a good reference link. REMAINS: Ruins. |
| Red Ash was a coal mining town that by 1906 was operating 80 coke ovens. An explosion at the mine in 1900 killed 46 workers including several boys. Today there are only ruins left. |
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