Hawks Nest Tunnel

Encore: Raymond Thompson, Jr. And Agape Rugs, Inside Appalachia

This week on Inside Appalachia, in the 1930s, hundreds of mostly Black workers died digging the Hawk’s Nest Tunnel. A photographer brings their stories to life. Also, when Jerry Machen began making art from old carpets in Tennessee, his wife Linda wasn’t impressed. And, a new exhibit shares the cultures of Indigenous people who call Appalachia home.

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Photographer Reimagines The Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster

Hawks Nest Tunnel is a landmark in West Virginia — a place in Fayette County, West Virginia, where much of the New River is diverted through a mountain to generate hydropower before it rejoins the river near Gauley Bridge. It’s also the site of a hist...

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Raymond Thompson, Jr. And Agape Rugs, Inside Appalachia

In the 1930s, hundreds of mostly African American workers died digging the Hawk’s Nest Tunnel. A photographer brings their stories to life in a new book.  Also, when Jerry Machen began making art...

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The Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster And Our Song Of The Week, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, author Raymond Thompson Jr. speaks with Inside Appalachia's Mason Adams about his new book, “Appalachian Ghost: A Photographic Reimagining of the Hawk’s Nest Tunnel Disaster.”

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