Coal River

Coal River may refer to:

Rivers
  • Coal River (Canada), in Yukon and British Columbia
  • Coal River, New Zealand, in Fiordland
  • Coal River (West Virginia), in the United States
  • Coal River (Tasmania), in Australia
Other
  • Coal River (book), a 2008 nonfiction book about mountaintop removal mining in the United States
  • Coal River was the early name for the Australian settlement which became Newcastle, New South Wales

Famous quotes containing the words coal and/or river:

    “Coal is a portable climate. It carries the heat of the tropics to Labrador and the polar circle; and it is the means of transporting itself whithersoever it is wanted. Watt and Stephenson whispered in the ear of mankind their secret, that a half-ounce of coal will draw two tons a mile, and coal carries coal, by rail and by boat, to make Canada as warm as Calcutta, and with its comfort brings its industrial power.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “The river knows the way to the sea;
    Without a pilot it runs and falls,
    Blessing all lands with its charity.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)