Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
19th century. In 1810, 350 tons of anthracite was mined in Pennsylvania. The use of anthracite coal was restricted due to the difficulties in transporting it efficiently, and the industry was still small and undeveloped. [14] The War of 1812 against Great Britain increased the usage of anthracite coal.
The Pittsburgh coal seam is the thickest and most extensive coal bed in the Appalachian Basin; [1] hence, it is the most economically important coal bed in the eastern United States. The Upper Pennsylvanian Pittsburgh coal bed of the Monongahela Group is extensive and continuous, extending over 11,000 mi 2 through 53 counties.
The Darr Mine disaster at Van Meter, Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, near Smithton, killed 239 men and boys on December 19, 1907. [1] It ranks as the worst coal mining disaster in Pennsylvanian history. [2] Many victims were of immigrants from central Europe, including Rusyns, Hungarians (including Slovaks from Gemer and ...
A Welsh miner in a coal mine in Pennsylvania's Coal Region in 1910. By the 18th century, the Susquehannock Native American tribe that had inhabited the region was reduced 90 percent [2] in three years of a plague of diseases and possibly war, [2] opening up the Susquehanna Valley and all of Pennsylvania to European settlers.
Coal was originally used in America in the 1300s by the Hopi Indians as a way to cook their food, warm themselves and fire their clay. Coal did not resurface in the United States until 1673.
22 Bald Mountain Road, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18504, United States. Coordinates. 41°24′55″N 75°42′48″W / 41.4153°N 75.7132°W / 41.4153; -75.7132. Type. Coal industry museum. Website. www.anthracitemuseum.org. The Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum preserves the heritage of anthracite coal mining in the U.S. State of ...
Added to NRHP. April 28, 1992. Berwind-White Mine 40 Historic District is a national historic district located at Richland Township and Scalp Level in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 121 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 4 contributing structures. The district consists of a mine site and patch community ...
71000710 [1] Added to NRHP. October 26, 1971. Eckley Miners' Village in eastern Pennsylvania is an anthracite coal mining patch town located in Foster Township, Pennsylvania. Since 1970, Eckley has been owned and operated as a museum by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.