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The Whipple company store
Fayette County, West Virginia
Coal town guy · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Miners were paid in scrip good only here, at prices the company set, so a man could work a full month and owe money at the end of it, which is the arrangement Sixteen Tons is about. The building is an unusual octagonal design that let the manager watch every approach, and it is one of the few company stores in the coalfields still standing.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: documented spot
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