Bootleg Mining
A brief “official” history of Tower City and Porter Township , Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, was produced for the centennial celebration in 1968. Included was a section on the history of […]
Importance of Coal in Tower City Area, 1968
A brief “official” history of Tower City and Porter Township , Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, was produced for the centennial celebration in 1968. Included was a story on the development of […]
East Brookside Mine Explosion Kills 20 in 1913
An undated photo post card view of the East Brookside coal mine shaft in Porter Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. In March 1977, at the time miners were trapped and killed […]
Charlemagne Tower, Founder of Tower City
CHARLEMAGNE TOWER, FOUNDER OF TOWN Charlemagne Tower, the founder of Tower City, was born April 6, 1839, near Waterville, New York. He attended private elementary schools, graduated from Harvard University, […]
Description of Short Mountain Colliery, 1835
LYKENS VALLEY COAL MINES In my late excursion through the country, bordering on the Susquehanna river, I visited Lykens Valley, in Dauphin County, and the coal mines on Bear Creek, […]
The Great Flood of 1972 – The Culm Bank at Sheridan (4)
A photograph taken in Sheridan, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, after the flood of 22 June 1972. The culm bank and mud dam north of Sheridan, a small village, west of Tower […]
The Great Flood of 1972 – The Culm Bank at Sheridan (3)
A photograph taken in Sheridan, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, after the flood of 22 June 1972. The culm bank and mud dam north of Sheridan, a small village, west of Tower […]
The Great Flood of 1972 – The Culm Bank at Sheridan (2)
A photograph taken in Sheridan, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, after the flood of 22 June 1972. The culm bank and mud dam north of Sheridan, a small village, west of Tower […]