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    <abstract id="aspace_58b471728cec1e4502988a1016f8342d">Papers of William Nelson Page, civil and mining engineer, who was manager of the Hawk's Nest Coal Company, 1877-1880; built and operated the Victoria Blast Furnace, Goshen, Virginia, 1880-1885; organized and developed the Gauley Mountain Coal Company, 1889-1917; served in the West Virginia National Guard for twenty years; and was mayor of Ansted for ten years. Subjects include the American Society of Civil Engineers, Deepwater Railway Company, Guy's Run Iron Land, Iron and Steel Works Association of Virginia, Loup Creek Colliery Company, Mt. Carbon Company Limited, Tidewater Railway Company, Virginia Railway, and the West Virginia Mining Association. Correspondents include Abram S. Hewitt and G.W. Imboden.</abstract>
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    <subject source="ingest">Coal mining.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Railroads - Virginia Railway.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Coal mining - engineers.</subject>
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    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001651" source="lcsh">Genealogy</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Iron furnaces and iron industry.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Railroads - Tidewater Railway Company.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Coal mining - coal companies.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Railroads - Deepwater Railway Company.</subject>
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    <corpname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79023196" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">American Society of Civil Engineers</corpname>
    <corpname source="local_LC">Hawks Nest Coal Company</corpname>
    <corpname source="local_LC">West Virginia Mining Association</corpname>
    <corpname source="local_LC">Victoria Blast Furnace</corpname>
    <corpname source="local_LC">Mount Carbon Company Limited</corpname>
    <persname source="ingest">Page, William N.</persname>
    <persname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2006169860" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">Imboden, George W. (George William), 1836-1922</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Hewitt, Abram S.</persname>
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