Lykens Power Plant – Under Construction, Looking East, 1920
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 […]
Lykens Power Plant – Under Construction, Looking West, 1920
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 […]
Lykens Power Plant – Under Construction, 1919
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. […]
Lykens Valley Coal Company, 1875
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 […]
Lykens Valley Coal Company, 1858
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 […]
Lykens Valley Coal Company, 1862
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
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 […]
Short Mountain Colliery Accident, 20 July 1874
From the Harrisburg Telegraph, 20 July 1874 (reporting from the Lykens Register): Accident at Short Mountain Colliery. — About seven o’clock this morning one of the boilers at the […]