Lykens Valley Coal Company – Sinking of the Shaft, 1912
An old picture post card view of the sinking of the shaft in 1912 at the Lykens Valley Coal Company, Bear Gap, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The wooden structure at left […]
Lykens Valley Coal Company – Shaft Construction, 1912-1915
An old picture post card aerial view of the operations of the Lykens Valley Coal Company at Bear Gap, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, sometime between 1912 and 1915. The wooden structure […]
Lykens Valley Coal Company – Steel Shaft Completed, 1915
A photograph of the steel structure for the mine shaft of the Lykens Valley Coal Company, Bear Gap, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, as it appeared on 20 July 1915. The engines […]
Lykens Valley Coal Company – Shaft Engines, 1915
A photograph of four shaft engines (or motors) that were used to move the two elevators up and down the Short Mountain Colliery Shaft of the Lykens Valley Coal Company, […]
Lykens Valley Coal Company – Steel Shaft and Engine House, 1916
A photograph of the completed steel shaft and engine house of the Short Mountain Colliery of the Lykens Valley Coal Company, Bear Gap, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, taken about 1915. The […]
Lykens Valley Coal Company – The Black Mariah
An undated photograph of the hearse of the Lykens Valley Coal Company, Bear Gap, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This vehicle was also known as “the Black Mariah.” It was only used […]
Lykens Valley Coal Company – The Ambulance
An undated photograph of the ambulance of the Lykens Valley Coal Company, Bear Gap, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It was used to transport miners who were injured at work to their […]
Lykens Valley Coal Company – Level 2 Hospital
An undated photograph of the hospital located at Level 2 of the shaft of the Short Mountain Colliery, Lykens Valley Coal Company, Bear Gap, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. There was a […]