A 50-page-book, McClellan Coal Storage Yard, 1900-1931, Pennsylvania Railroad Train Stop, by Pearl Bretz Hane, was published in 2012 by the Halifax Area Historical Society, P.O. Box 562, Halifax, Pennsylvania 17032. The cover of the book is pictured above.
The book includes the following:
- McClellan Coal Storage Yard
- McClellan Coal Storage Yard History
- Several McClellan Properties
- Recovery of Body of H. B. Zimmerman from Susquehanna River
- Pennsylvania Railroad and McClellan Coal Storage Yard
- J. L. “Skip” Killinger‘s Own Story
- Harry Shaffer, McClellan Blacksmith, Grandfather of Chester L. Gelnett
- James Bower Halifax School Students in 1963 Wrote McClellan Coal Storage Yard History Account
- Joseph Bonawitz of Berrysburg, Coal Breaker Worker Injured
- McClellan Photos Courtesy of Leonard Bower Family, Halifax
- Coal Yard Photos Courtesy of Mark Hoffman, Millersburg
- Aerial Photo of McClellan Coal Storage Yard, 1925
- McClellan Utilized the Dodge System to Store and Move Coal
- Decline of McClellan Coal Storage Yard, 1925
- McClellan Coal Storage Yard Photos Courtesy of Jane Mello and Cheryl [Custer] Reisch Estate
- McClellan Family of Village of McClellan
- Former Work Sites
- Addendum
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For information on the availability of this book, contact the Halifax Area Historical Society through their Facebook Page, or write to the address in the first paragraph of this blog post.
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