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Lawrence Colliery |
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Entrance to the mine. This mine probably closed in the early 1930's. |
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9/25/2006 Upload Date: 9/25/2006 9:34:12 PM |
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Mahanoy Plane, PA |
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| Title: |
Lawrence Colliery |
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Inside the mine, looking through the gate. |
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9/25/2006 Upload Date: 9/25/2006 9:48:09 PM |
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Mahanoy Plane, PA |
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| Title: |
Lawrence Colliery |
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Inside the mine. |
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9/25/2006 Upload Date: 9/25/2006 9:52:38 PM |
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Mahanoy Plane, PA |
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| Title: |
Mananoy Plane |
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Looking west towards Mahanoy Plane. My grandfather had this photo from 1930. |
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10/2/2006 Upload Date: 10/3/2006 10:19:11 PM |
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Mahanoy Plane, PA |
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| Title: |
East Bear Ridge Coal Breaker |
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This breaker processed the coal from the abandoned mine I was in. Looking east towards Gilberton. My Grandfather had this photo from 1930. |
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10/3/2006 Upload Date: 10/3/2006 10:14:56 PM |
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Mahanoy Plane, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
Springdale Shaft |
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Part of the North Mahanoy Colliery. This one of the only headframes left in the coal region. The cage used to lower miners & equipment into the shaft is on the left. |
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12/25/2007 Upload Date: 12/27/2007 11:03:19 AM |
| Location: |
Mahanoy City, PA |
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| Title: |
Springdale Shaft |
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The pump house on the left. The vertical shaft is near the caution tape and is several hundred feet deep. |
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12/25/2007 Upload Date: 12/27/2007 11:04:00 AM |
| Location: |
Mahanoy City, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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Hoist House |
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The hoist house for the Springdale Shaft. The cables ran through the small windows and attached to the headframe. The machinery is still intact inside the building. |
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12/25/2007 Upload Date: 12/27/2007 11:04:37 AM |
| Location: |
Mahanoy City, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
Springdale Shaft |
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This mine was closed in 1931. It's amazing it still remains today. |
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12/25/2007 Upload Date: 12/27/2007 11:05:16 AM |
| Location: |
Mahanoy City, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
Pumping Shaft |
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Pumping shaft for the Oak Hill Tunnel. |
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12/28/2007 Upload Date: 12/28/2007 12:09:17 PM |
| Location: |
Duncott, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
Lawrence Colliery |
| Description: |
Fan house foundation. |
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1/15/2008 Upload Date: 1/15/2008 9:48:16 PM |
| Location: |
Frackville, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
The Mahanoy Plane |
| Description: |
Ruins of the Mahanoy Plane head house. |
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1/15/2008 Upload Date: 1/15/2008 9:40:20 PM |
| Location: |
Frackville, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
Lawrence Colliery |
| Description: |
Close up view of the date on the slope. |
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1/15/2008 Upload Date: 1/15/2008 9:49:05 PM |
| Location: |
Frackville, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
Lawrence Colliery |
| Description: |
Colliery slope. |
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1/15/2008 Upload Date: 1/15/2008 9:49:45 PM |
| Location: |
Frackville, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
Lawrence Colliery |
| Description: |
Concrete footings heading up the mountain. |
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1/15/2008 Upload Date: 1/15/2008 9:50:34 PM |
| Location: |
Frackville, PA |
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| Title: |
Lawrence Colliery |
| Description: |
A partially burried cable among the remains of the Lawrence Colliery |
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1/15/2008 Upload Date: 1/15/2008 9:51:15 PM |
| Location: |
Frackville, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
Lawrence Colliery |
| Description: |
Narrow guage tunnel used by the colliery to pass under the Mahanoy Plane. |
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1/15/2008 Upload Date: 1/15/2008 9:51:59 PM |
| Location: |
Frackville, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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The Mahanoy Plane |
| Description: |
Two abandoned RDG boxcars without wheels on an old siding. |
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1/15/2008 Upload Date: 1/15/2008 9:41:10 PM |
| Location: |
Frackville, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
The Mahanoy plane |
| Description: |
Ruins of a structure, possibly an office. |
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1/15/2008 Upload Date: 1/15/2008 9:42:02 PM |
| Location: |
Frackville, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
The Mahanoy Plane |
| Description: |
Ruins of the boiler house. |
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1/15/2008 Upload Date: 1/15/2008 9:42:49 PM |
| Location: |
Frackville, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
The Mahanoy Plane |
| Description: |
Ruins of the boiler house & head house. |
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1/15/2008 Upload Date: 1/15/2008 9:43:38 PM |
| Location: |
Frackville, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
The Mahanoy Plane |
| Description: |
Ruins of the boiler house |
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1/15/2008 Upload Date: 1/15/2008 9:44:26 PM |
| Location: |
Frackville, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
The Mahanoy Plane |
| Description: |
Ties, not in bad shape for being abandoned in 1932. |
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1/15/2008 Upload Date: 1/15/2008 9:45:20 PM |
| Location: |
Frackville, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
Lawrence Colliery |
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Narrow guage tunnel used by the colliery to transport coal under the plane. |
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1/15/2008 Upload Date: 1/15/2008 9:46:26 PM |
| Location: |
Frackville, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
Lawrence Colliery |
| Description: |
Old air shaft. |
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1/15/2008 Upload Date: 1/15/2008 9:47:36 PM |
| Location: |
Frackville, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
Locustdale (Potts) Colliery |
| Description: |
An old shaft on the side of the mountain. The lower half of this shaft was was originally underground, but was exposed by suface mining. |
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4/7/2008 Upload Date: 4/7/2008 6:06:43 PM |
| Location: |
Locustdale, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
Locustdale (Potts) Colliery |
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An old shaft & some track on the side of the mountain. They were both originally underground & have been exposed by surface mining. |
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4/7/2008 Upload Date: 4/7/2008 6:07:41 PM |
| Location: |
Locustdale, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
Locustdale (Potts) Colliery |
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Looking down the airshaft. This would have also served as an escapeway for the miners. |
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4/7/2008 Upload Date: 4/7/2008 6:12:32 PM |
| Location: |
Locustdale, PA |
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| Title: |
Locustdale (Potts) Colliery |
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An old airshaft. Inside are steps that served as an escapeway. |
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4/7/2008 Upload Date: 4/7/2008 6:10:54 PM |
| Location: |
Locustdale, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
Locustdale (Potts) Colliery |
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Another view of the old air shaft. Beyond the door (lower right) are steps that decend into the deep abandoned mine. |
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4/7/2008 Upload Date: 4/7/2008 6:11:51 PM |
| Location: |
Locustdale, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
Locustdale (Potts) Colliery |
| Description: |
Up close view of the shaft. Looks like the roof was used to seal the shaft. |
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4/7/2008 Upload Date: 4/7/2008 6:08:40 PM |
| Location: |
Locustdale, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
Locustdale (Potts) Colliery |
| Description: |
Partially sealed drift. |
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4/7/2008 Upload Date: 4/7/2008 6:13:58 PM |
| Location: |
Locustdale, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
Locustdale (Potts) Colliery |
| Description: |
Old fanhouse. Inside there's a shaft a few hundred feet deep. |
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4/7/2008 Upload Date: 4/7/2008 6:14:47 PM |
| Location: |
Locustdale, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
Locustdale (Potts) Colliery |
| Description: |
Shaft inside the fanhouse. |
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4/7/2008 Upload Date: 4/7/2008 6:38:16 PM |
| Location: |
Locustdale, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
Springdale Shaft |
| Description: |
Gauges used by the hoist operator to indicate the depth of the cage & determine the appropriate level to stop it on. |
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6/21/2008 Upload Date: 6/22/2008 10:47:17 PM |
| Location: |
Mahanoy City, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
Springdale Shaft |
| Description: |
The hoist controls inside of the hoist house. |
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6/21/2008 Upload Date: 6/22/2008 10:48:08 PM |
| Location: |
Mahanoy City, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
Springdale Shaft |
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Inside the hoist house. |
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6/21/2008 Upload Date: 8/24/2008 3:12:25 PM |
| Location: |
Mahanoy City, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
Pumping Shaft |
| Description: |
During the summer months, Reading Anthracite pumps this shaft 24-7 to increase the water flowing into the Schuylkill River. The extra water is used by the Limerick Nuclear Power Plant, some 70 miles away, to cool the reactors. |
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7/6/2008 Upload Date: 7/13/2008 8:32:04 PM |
| Location: |
Wadesville, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
Newkirk Tunnel |
| Description: |
Brief history of the mine. |
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8/18/2008 Upload Date: 8/18/2008 10:15:44 PM |
| Location: |
Tamaqua, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
Newkirk tunnel |
| Description: |
Gated, flooded entrance to the mine. |
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8/18/2008 Upload Date: 8/18/2008 10:16:53 PM |
| Location: |
Tamaqua, PA |
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| Title: |
Newkirk tunnel |
| Description: |
Mine entrance. The orange water is due to Acid Mine Drainage. |
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8/18/2008 Upload Date: 8/18/2008 10:17:42 PM |
| Location: |
Tamaqua, PA |
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| Title: |
Newkirk Tunnel |
| Description: |
Old boiler outside of the Newkirk Tunnel. |
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8/18/2008 Upload Date: 11/8/2008 11:59:47 PM |
| Location: |
Tamaqua, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
Battery Operated Mine Locomotives |
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Used in the underground anthracite mines. |
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10/11/2008 Upload Date: 11/8/2008 10:58:54 PM |
| Location: |
Coaldale, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
Mantrip & Tool Car |
| Description: |
Used in the underground anthracite mines. |
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10/11/2008 Upload Date: 11/8/2008 10:59:39 PM |
| Location: |
Coaldale, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
Battery-Operated Mine Locomotive |
| Description: |
Used in the underground anthracite mines. |
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10/11/2008 Upload Date: 11/8/2008 11:43:25 PM |
| Location: |
Coaldale, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
Battery-Operated Mine Locomotive |
| Description: |
Used in the underground anthracite mines. |
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10/11/2008 Upload Date: 11/8/2008 11:44:49 PM |
| Location: |
Coaldale, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
No. 9 Mine Tour & Museum |
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Shaft landing. Elevator permantly locked 200 feet below the suface. The shaft extends 500 feet below this point. |
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10/11/2008 Upload Date: 11/8/2008 11:46:01 PM |
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Lansford, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
No. 9 Mine Tour & Museum |
| Description: |
Entrance to the mine. |
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10/11/2008 Upload Date: 11/8/2008 11:47:05 PM |
| Location: |
Lansford, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
Pine Knot Colliery |
| Description: |
Old wash house. |
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11/16/2008 Upload Date: 11/16/2008 2:56:32 PM |
| Location: |
Heckscherville, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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| Title: |
Abandoned Coal Chute |
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11/16/2008 Upload Date: 11/17/2008 6:39:58 PM |
| Location: |
Heckscherville, PA |
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Mike Thomas |
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