The Elizabethville Echo, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, of 1 August 1902, reported on a wreck of a coal train on the Lykens Valley Railroad that caused a significant delay in […]
An undated photograph of the 4-track storage yard below the coal breaker at the Williamstown Colliery, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. These cars were joined into long trains that moved the […]
An undated, panoramic view looking east on a double picture post card of Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Coal mining operations at Bear Gap are seen to the the left. Additional […]
The death of Albert Williams was reported in the Elizabethville Echo, 6 July 1899: Killed at Lykens Lykens, 3 July 1899 — Albert W. Williams, a young man about 25 […]
From the Harrisburg Daily Independent, 1 January 1906: MINE INSPECTOR IN OFFICE Charles J. Price Ready for Business Special to the Star-Independent Lykens, Pennsylvania, 1 January 1906 — Charles J. […]
A photograph of the Lykens Valley Coal Company’s Shipping Office at Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The three persons standing in front of the office are not identified. __________________________________ From: “Lykens-Williams […]
Charles J. Price Mr. Price, the present District State Coal Inspector, was born in Wales. He came to America at the age of five years and engaged in and about […]
A photograph of the end of the Lykens Valley Railroad Treslte and the end of the Wiconisco Canal at Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The rail line was also called the […]