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Boiler House (Shenandoah)
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Boiler Room (Shenandoah)
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Coal Shovel (Dragline)
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Pottsville (present day)
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Coal Region County Map
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Glenburn Breaker
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Photographic Essay of Anthracite Coal Mining
well done photojournalist essay of present day anthracite mining
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Anthracite Mining Photo Gallery (present day)
excellent photos of the present day coal region, including current mines and mining remnants
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Mine Car
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Breaker
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Bleenies (yum!)
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Stauffer's Pool
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Atlas Honor Roll (WWII memorial - 1942)
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Atlas Honor Roll Names
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Strong Fire Truck
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Atlas Honor Roll Parade
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Duncott breaker
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St. Ignatius Church, Centralia
(no longer there)
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Centralia Fire Pic
(present day)
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Pottsville Courthouse
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Coney Island, Centre Street, Pottsville
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Yer basic Coal Region homes
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Factory (Pottsville)
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Old Shenandoah Coal Breaker
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Tamaqua Coal Miners c. 1910
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Shenandoah Coal Pickers c. 1910
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Whaleback rock formation
(bottom of a stripping pit in the Bear Valley section of Shamokin)
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Dinky House
(large hopper car atop the Glen Burn coal bank overlooking Shamokin)
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The Mile
(popular swimming hole / stripping pit outside Shamokin)
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Rotator building at Locust Summit Breaker
(coal cars went in and the entire assembly turned upside down, emptying the coal onto a conveyor belt below)
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Concrete City
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Concrete City closeup
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Bridge in Jim Thorpe (1)
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Bridge in Jim Thorpe (2)
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Shamokin F & S Brewery
(as seen from da tracks)
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F & S Beer label
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View from Stoney Point (or Rocky Point) in Shamokin
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The Mile (outside Shamokin)
with beach view
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Shamokin Rooftops
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Shamokin Centennial Bow-Tie and Button
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Ham and beans on Rte 61 near Frackville
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Gordon Inclined Plane c. 1896
now next to Plane St. right across from the Fire Co.
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Coal Miner's Prayer, 1904
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McKinley's Bar, Centralia, 1934
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SCHS Royalettes, c. 1946-47
1st row: Ed Chesla, Mike Bozak;
2nd row: John Post, Eugene Tragus, Edward Vinsko;
3rd row: Jack Hobbs (waiting to play drums), Ted Schutawie, Bill Malik, Bill Sheva, Jim Yackamovich;
4th row: Gene Cleary, Richard Donchak;
Piano: Bill Brennan; Drums: Bob Gryeski
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Men working on the "Navee" (railroad into the coal mine), c. 1915
First from left: William E. Henninger; second: Garlan Derr, both from Shamokin;
rest unknown.
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Cameron Coal Mine, c. 1947
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Shamokin, c. 1945
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Pyramid Skating Rink, Girardville, c. 1998
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Hi-Way Drive-In, Fountain Springs, c. 1998
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Company Store, Locustdale, c. 1998
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Duncott (?) breaker, c. 1998
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St. Joseph's Hall, Locust Gap, c. 1930
Home of the Minstrels, the Locust Gap Appollos, Mt.Carmel Catholic basketball
and don't forget the old serial movies
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Duncott (?) breaker, c. 1998
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Miners Memorial, Shenandoah
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Overlooking the Lehigh #1 (Jim Thorpe)
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Overlooking the Lehigh #2 (Jim Thorpe)
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Mauch Chunk Train Station (Jim Thorpe)
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Lehigh River Gorge bike path (Jim Thorpe)
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Inn at Jim Thorpe
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Oneida Breaker, c. 1900
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Alaska Breaker (outside Shamokin), pre 1950's
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Aristes Band, c. 1905-1910
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Blackwood mine coal bucket, c. 1907
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Blackwood mining, c. 1907
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Shamokin Centennial, c. 1964
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