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Goodwater St. 6-5-1914

Lakeside Residence of O. F. Jenkins

Jenkins Park and Power House

Lakeside From Dam Winter (Empty)

Dam Looking Towards Lakeside (Early)

Lakeside Towards Power House (Early)

Lake Looking at Jenkins from GM House

Lakeside Full Early Winter

Lake Early Winter (Full)

Lake Full

Lake Full Looking at Power House

Sailboat on Jenkins Lake

Oak Street Look Towards GM House

Rustic Bridge.  Looking down Oak Street. Houses in front are across from the Lakeside Park and Softball Field 5-11-1912

GM House and Hotel

Raven Rock Outing 1919

Inspection Party at Still 4-20-1919

Jenkins Park and Bandstand

Jenkins Park

Jenkins Park Office Building and Power House

Houses No. 203 Mine 1-10-13

Main Street from Lakeside

 

Lump of Coal being loaded for the Pan American Exposition 1915

Front of Jenkins Schools around 1913

McRoberts School Building around 1912

Burdine-July 8, 1913

 

 

 

Dunham Store Sept 22, 1913

 

 

 

 

Provided Drinking Water for Jenkins and Surrounding Area.  Eventually known as the Jenkins Kiwanis Club Swimming Pool. 

 

 

Construction of Jenkins Dam (Elkhorn Dam) June 1912. This was built to run the electric generators to provide the town of Jenkins and surrounding coal properties electricity to operate the mines.  This was also to become the primary water source for Jenkins.

Elkhorn Dam July 31, 1912

 

Elkhorn Dam Oct. 14, 1912

Elkhorn Dam after completion and water flowing over the dam.

 

 Beginning Construction of Power Plant and Smoke Stack

 Power Plant Smoke Stack Near Completion

Power House and Smoke Stack in Operation 

 Looking Towards Power Plant from 

Brick Plant in Jenkins August 15, 1912.  All of the brick used in Jenkins was manufactured at this plant.

Consolidated Coal Company, Main Office Building July 1913

 

General Managers House 1914

General Managers House 1914 from the rear.  Notice side porch on the Jenkins Hotel on left.

Lakeside Hotel

John C.C Mayo, Mr. Buckingham and other unidentified persons standing in front of the Jenkins hotel on Lakeside.  Mr. Mayo was the person who put together this large tract of land which became Consolidated Coal Company and was the person who got the C & O Railroad to put the rails from Ashland to Jenkins. He was an associate of people like Andrew Carnegie, Franklin Roosevelt, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone and other "mover and shakers" at the turn of the 20th century.

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View down Oak Street on Lakeside about 1914

 

New McRoberts School Building

McRoberts Recreation Building

View of McRoberts Looking From Shea Fork.  See McRoberts Store near back of picture.

Meat Shop and Store in McRoberts.  Another example of how Consolidated Coal Company gave great thought to providing the necessities of life for the miner's who worked in such remote areas of their vast holdings.

 

 

 

 

Bakery in Jenkins May 6, 1913.  Provided the fresh bread to the growing coal communities of Jenkins, Dunham, Burdine, and McRoberts.

View of Jenkins from Pound Gap showing the lake and power plant.  It has been told that this power plant provided power to Van Lear which was another coal property owned by Consolidated Coal.  Van Lear is also the homeplace of Loretta Lynn.

 

Mr. Snapp while at Van Lear around 1920.

C.V Snapp and others in Jenkins taken in 1934.

Mr. Snapp served with Teddy Roosevelt from June 20, 1898 to August 23, 1899

 

 

Most Dangerous Profession--Miners Should be Honored and Respected

 

Early Jenkins from #204 includes Jenkins Graded School, Methodist Church (built in 1913)  and Division Shops.

Goodwater

Oak looking from behind GM House towards Goodwater

Miners waiting to go to work

Jenkins looking down from the top of Wheaton Hollow near Raven Rock

Coal Siding below Jenkins towards Camden

MIne 201---1911

Jenkins 1914

Main Street Jenkins 1920

Company Store and Warehouse on left

Recreation Building and Drug Store on Right

 

 

Mine 205

Mine 207 Fire Fighting Equipment

 

Miners going to work 1937 Pic #1

Miners going to work 1937 Pic #2

Jenkins Coal  1915

No. 108 Mudtown  1918

 

Jenkins Panorama

Jenkins Prep Plant

 

#202 Houses

May Day 1932

Jenkins Baseball Field

 

 

Jenkins Schools approximately 1913-14

View of Sharon Heights Hospital from the city park.  1913-1914

New Ambulance for Sharon Heights Hospital. Man in the center is Ransom Jordan owner of Dodge Dealership in Jenkins.

Jenkins Dairy--Later the Golf Course

Play left side 2 up 1 back and then the right side 3 up to back for 9 holes.

Sometimes became dodge ball with golf balls.

Later a cut was made which let you play starting on the left hollow and

come out on the right hollow

 

Wide shot of Jenkins taken from Raven Rock

 

 

                     

Jenkins/Pound Tunnel  1947-1949               Jenkins/Pound Tunnel 08/12/12

 

 Old Jenkins Jail

Bad John Wright

General Managers House 1-15-1914

 

 

 

 

Visitors at General Managers House

Kindergarten Class in Burdine

 

 

Dunham Store

McRoberts looking at "The Green". Company Store on right.

McRoberts Store, Meat Market and Gas Station

Drug Store Building around 1914

 

Gas Station in Jenkins

"C.V.Snapp" Home Lakeside around 1914

Mr. Snapp was an educator in Van Lear, KY around 1920 before coming to Jenkins.  Did you know that he served in the Spanish-American War from June 20, 1898 to August 23, 1899? He was Superintendent of Jenkins Independent Schools from 1929 to 1961.

 

House beside "C.V Snapp" Home That Was Demolished in 2009.   C.V .Snapp Home Still Stands.