Pennsylvania Coal, 1931/2000

Containers:

Box 233

Scope and content:

The IHTIA consulted on the decision about whether to preserve the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company's St. Nicholas Central Breaker near Mahoney City, Pennsylvania as a historic site. The box includes research materials, including handwritten notes, brochures, postcards, reports, correspondence and an artifact tag. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: maps, clippings, engineering drawings, handwritten notes, brochures and photographs. Subjects include the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company; Reading anthracite coal; anthracite coal in general; coal mines; coal production; the St. Nicholas Central Breaker near Mahoney City, Pennsylvania; other breakers in Pennsylvania; propane v. electricity; boxcars; and the Store and Webster Engineering Corporation. Highlights include the Huber Breaker HAER nomination form and correspondence from 1931-1932 regarding the parts of the St. Nicholas Central Breaker. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 12, Folder 5: ten sheets of notes (undated), two maps (undated), twenty-two engineering drawings (1932-1934), and one brochure (1957).

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