Coal Castles – Shenandoah Lost Creek Colliery (Packer No. 2)
An undated photograph showing a mine “lokie” of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company (P. & R. C. & I Co.) bring loaded coal cars to the surface. […]
Coal Castles – Colorado Colliery (Packer No. 1)
A photograph from September 1931 of miners on their way to work in the mine. None of the individuals in the photo are identified by name. From a series of […]
Elizabethville Area Historical Society – Videos Available on YouTube
Marilyn Henninger of the Elizabethville Area Historical Society has just announced that Travis Enders has updated the society website to include direct links to past programs now available on YouTube. […]
Coal Castles – Forestville Colliery
A 1911 photograph of a charging station for miners’ electric lamps. From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville Republican and Herald in 1998: The Forestville Colliery was located on […]
Coal Castles – Newkirk Colliery (1853-1876)
An undated photograph believed to have been taken before 1942 of loaded coal cars exiting the Newkirk Tunnel west of Tamaqua. The coal was headed headed for the Tamaqua cleaning […]
Williamstown – The Lokie
An undated photo post card view of a “Lokie Engine,” or small locomotive used to pull coal cars at a colliery, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________________ For additional information about […]
Coal Castles – Chamberlain Collieries (Lewis/Bainbridge & Lawton)
An undated photograph of an early wood head-frame for a colliery shaft. At right is the engine house. None of the individuals in the photo are identified. From a series […]
Williamstown – Joseph Kramer & Son at Colliery
An undated snapshot photograph of Joseph Kramer (right) and his son William “Bill” Kramer at an unidentified coal breaker near Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. _______________________________________________ For additional information about this […]