Lykens – Panoramic View
An undated fold-out post card birds-eye view of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo was taken from the Lykens Valley Coal Company’s mining operation at Bear Gap and looks across […]
Lykens – Birds-Eye View From Bear Gap
An rare, undated photographic view of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, taken from above the mining operation of the Lykens Valley Coal Company at Bear Gap, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Various mining […]
Lykens Valley Coal Company – Early Mining Operations at Bear Gap
An undated (possibly late 1860s) photograph of early mining operations at Bear Gap, near Lykens and Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo shows several unidentified men with mules working outside […]
Lykens Valley Coal Company – Pier at Wiconisco Canal, Millersburg
An undated post-Civil War photograph of a canal boat tied up near the Lykens Valley railroad pier at the Wiconisco Canal, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Coal from the mines at […]
Wiconisco – Short Mountain Slope
An undated photo post card view of Short Mountain Slope, Wiconisco (Bear Gap), Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. __________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
Lykens – Fire Destroys the “Lykens Register,” 1900
A colorized photograph of the aftermath of the fire that destroyed the Lykens Register building, northeast corner of Main & Market Streets, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The following story by […]
Lykens Valley Coal – When Discovered
LYKENS VALLEY COAL – WHEN DISCOVERED On a Sabbath day in the year 1825, Jacob Burd Sr., and Peter Kimes, then living at the lower end of Short Mountain, in […]
Lykens – Entrance to Bear Gap Tunnel
An undated, colorized close-up view of the opening to the Bear Gap Mine Tunnel at Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The Bear Gap Mine Tunnel of the Lykens Valley Coal Company went approximately 3300 […]