A photograph of the Gordon Plane, Gordon, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, believed to have been taken in the late 1880s. The plane was used to hoist coal cars. The individuals pictured at left are not identified.
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Photo was published in the Republican and Herald (Pottsville, Pennsylvania) in the column “Schuylkill Memories,” 11 September 1999, and was provided by John A. Smith of Pottsville, Schuylkill County.
Obtained through Newspapers.com.
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This is not the Gordon plane. It is more likely the Mahanoy plane.