Alexander F. Thompson, ex-senator and attorney-at-law, was born at Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 7 December 1845, a son of the late Alexander Thompson and Isabella [Pennman] Thompson, both paternal and […]
An exterior view of the Lykens Power Plant of the Lykens Valley Coal Company, Short Mountain Colliery, Bear Gap, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, as it was under construction in 1920. The […]
An exterior view of the Lykens Power Plant of the Lykens Valley Coal Company, Short Mountain Colliery, Bear Gap, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, as it was under construction in 1920. The […]
A view of the site preparation for the construction of the Lykens Power Plant of the Lykens Valley Coal Company, Short Mountain Colliery, Bear Gap, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, September 1919. […]
A map of Wiconisco Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, from 1875, showing coal mining operations of the Lykens Valley Coal Company at Bear Gap – between Short Mountain, Coal or Thick […]
A map of Wiconisco Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, from 1858, showing coal mining operations of the Lykens Valley Coal Company at Bear Gap – between Coal or Thick Mountain, and […]
A map of Wiconisco Township from 1862, with the operations of the Lykens Valley Coal Company shown in Bear Gap between Short Mountain, Coal or Thick Mountain, and Big Lick […]
Short Mountain Colliery: Timeline 1920-1929 1920: January 29th, the new washery began to operate. Purchased 10” x 18” conveyor line for washery to reclaim slush bank south of washery. The […]