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Anthracite collieries and railroads of the Western Middle Field / by Scott Hemenway.

Title
Anthracite collieries and railroads of the Western Middle Field / by Scott Hemenway.
Author
Hemenway, Scott, 1956-
Publication
Laurys Station, PA : Garrigues House, c2008.

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+1 folded planTextRequest in advance HD9547.P4 H46 2008 +1 folded planOff-site

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Description
216 p. : ill., maps; 23 x 29 cm. +
Subject
  • Anthracite coal industry > Pennsylvania > History
  • Anthracite coal mines and mining > Pennsylvania > History
  • Railroads > Pennsylvania > History
Note
  • Accompanying plan in back pocket titled: Plan of the Hammond Colliery Breaker on the city Girard lands.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-216).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Beginnings of an industry 1820-1840 -- Transportation and rapid growth 1850-1870 -- The railroads take control 1870-1900 -- Zenith and then decline 1900-1930 -- The mining of anthracite -- Preparation of anthracite -- Collieries of the western middle field.
ISBN
1931014086
LCCN
^^2008019481
OCLC
227000207
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library