The Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster: Industrial Power, Hidden Labor, and a Mountain That Killed

Across the American landscape, the physical remnants of infrastructure often outlast the memories of the people who built it. Rail alignments fade into forests, canals become property lines, and tunnels persist long after their original purpose is forgotten. Few sites better illustrate this imbalance between enduring infrastructure and erased labor than Hawks Nest, West Virginia , a place where…