* Pennsylvania's very first railroad system was the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company's Mauch Chunk Switchback Gravity Railroad. Built to a gauge of 3-feet, 6 inches, which later became recognized as narrow-gauge, it handled coal from a mine near Mauch Chunk (Jim Thorpe). Its first 9 mile...
Casner N. A. (1994). Acid water: a history of coal mine pollution in Western Pennsylvania, 1880–1950. Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Mellon University; PhD thesisCasner N. A. (1994). Acid water: a history of coal mine pollution in Western Pennsylvania, 1880-1950. Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie ...
WPCAMR works with watershed volunteers, technical remediation experts, and government agencies to reclaim lands and streams polluted by historic coal mining in Western Pennsylvania. A coalition of 24 county conservation districts, WPCAMR's efforts expand into areas where reclamation is limited, showing ...
State Rail History Pennsylvania's rail history dates back to the Baltimore & Ohio's chartering (America's first common-carrier). In 1827 the tiny Mauch Chunk Switchback Gravity Railroad was built to haul coal from a mine near Mauch Chunk (Jim Thorpe). According to an in-depth articleTrains ...
The discovery of anthracite coal in Pennsylvania in the late 1700s led to the development of a robust coal industry in the eastern part of Pennsylvania that grew rapidly and contributed greatly to the history and the economy of Pennsylvania. The book The Face of Decline written by Thomas Dublin...
Explore history from Pennsylvania’s Coal Region and beyond with Jake Wynn, a public historian passionate about sharing stories from the past.
A few displays inside the break-room show the early history of Utz and gave my daughter and me a clue as to where the firm started in Hanover. More on that in a minute. The main portion of the “tour” is a walk down a long corridor where the various stations in the chip-making ...
History The chief features of Pennsylvania history in colonial days were the predominance of Quaker influence, the heterogeneous character of the population, liberality in matters ,of religion, and the fact that it was the largest and the most 7successful of proprietary provinces. The earliest Europe...
This context not only discusses the history of mine seals but also provides some guidance on evaluating mine seals for the National Register of Historic Places. Pennsylvania’s Industrial Past Pennsylvania has a fascinating industrial past. From agriculture to the extractive industries to steel ...
laborers. Coal strikes of 1902 and 1925-1926 were so bitter that consumers sought alternate fuels, and mining declined. World War II revived anthracite prices, but the Knox Mine disaster of January 22, 1959, was the death knell of deep anthracite mining. Presently, Luzerne produces about one-...