Melmont, Washington

Melmont, United States

Melmont, Washington shares 7 connections with 782 other places across 2 topics, centered on coal mining and railroad transportation. Founded in 1900 by the Northwest Improvement Company, a Northern Pacific Railway subsidiary, the town supplied coal exclusively for Northern Pacific steam locomotives. When Northern Pacific switched to diesel and electric models, Melmont's economic base collapsed. Its connections reach co-places including Roslyn, Washington, Australia, and Germany. Miners at the site organized as United Mine Workers local #2963 before the mines closed in the early 1920s.