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Coal Mine dam failure. Casualties. 125 killed. 1,121 injured. 4,000+ left homeless. The Buffalo Creek flood was a disaster that occurred in Logan County, West Virginia, on February 26, 1972, when a coal slurry impoundment dam burst, causing significant loss of life and property damage. [ 1] The impoundment dam, managed by Pittston Coal Company ...
Logan County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 32,567. [ 1] Its county seat is Logan. [ 2] Logan County comprises the Logan, WV Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Charleston – Huntington – Ashland, WV– OH – KY Combined Statistical Area .
The film is about the Buffalo Creek Flood, an incident that occurred on February 26, 1972, when the Pittston Coal Company 's coal slurry impoundment dam in Logan County, West Virginia burst four days after having been declared 'satisfactory' by a federal mine inspector. The film includes interviews with survivors, mining officials, and union ...
The Buffalo Creek flood was a disaster that occurred on February 26, 1972, when the Pittston Coal Company's coal slurry impoundment dam #3, located on a hillside in Logan County, West Virginia, USA, burst four days after having been declared 'satisfactory' by a federal mine inspector. Out of a population of 5,000 people, 125 were killed, 1,121 ...
U.S. Route 219 (US 219) is a part of the U.S. Highway System that runs from Rich Creek, Virginia, to West Seneca, New York.In the U.S. state of New York, US 219 extends 67.63 miles (108.84 km) from the Pennsylvania state line at Carrollton to an interchange with the New York State Thruway (Interstate 90 or I-90) at exit 55 in West Seneca, southeast of downtown Buffalo.
Buffalo Creek is a tributary of the Guyandotte River, 18.8 miles (30.3 km) long, in southern West Virginia in the United States. Via the Guyandotte and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 45 square miles (120 km 2) in the Logan Coalfield. The creek was the site of the Buffalo Creek Flood in 1972.
Accoville, West Virginia. / 37.76861°N 81.83694°W / 37.76861; -81.83694. Accoville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. The community lies along Buffalo Creek. [3] As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 574.
Steve Moore, center, with Stantec, the prime consultant for Route 219 to Grantsville, Maryland, shows area residents the proposed alternate routes on a large-scale map during a public meeting held ...