Thomas Bowman (1897-1942) – Mine Accident Victim
HELD FUNERAL FOR MINE ACCIDENT VICTIM SATURDAY Funeral services for Thomas Bowman, 44, of Tower City, who was killed in an accident at an independent mine working last Tuesday [10 […]
Lykens Power Plant at Short Mountain Colliery, 1922
A photograph of the Lykens Power Plant of the Short Mountain Colliery, Lykens Valley Coal Company, Bear Gap, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, about 1922, shortly after it went into full operation. […]
Tower City – The Shaft at East Brookside Colliery
An undated photograph of the shaft at East Brookside Colliery, Tower City, Schuylkill Co., Pennsylvania. ____________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post. This photograph […]
Lykens Valley Coal Company – Short Mountain Colliery Breaker
A photograph of the fourth and final built breaker at the Short Mountain Colliery of the Lykens Valley Coal Company, Bear Gap, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It was completed in 1913 […]
Tower City – Old Brookside Breaker
An undated photo of the Old Brookside Colliery Breaker at Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Railroad cars are waiting to be loaded with coal at the breaker. ____________________________ Corrections and […]
Susquehanna Collieries Company – Wage Statement, 1926
A 1926 end-of-the year wage statement issued by the Susquehanna Collieries Company, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The Internal Revenue Service, by law, required all companies to report annual wages of […]
The Polish Row Murders, 1918
A story of two men who were killed in a knife fight on Easter Eve 1918, at Polish Row, a housing area for miners in Wiconisco Township, near Lykens, Dauphin […]
U.M.W. President John Mitchell Visits Lykens, 1905
A photo of the visit of United Mine Workers President John Mitchell, to the Lykens Valley for a week in September 1905. The group is standing on the steps of […]