Boiler House (Shenandoah) |
Boiler Room (Shenandoah) |
Coal Shovel (Dragline) |
Pottsville (present day) |
Coal Region County Map |
Glenburn Breaker |
Photographic Essay of Anthracite Coal Mining well done photojournalist essay of present day anthracite mining |
Anthracite Mining Photo Gallery (present day) excellent photos of the present day coal region, including current mines and mining remnants |
Mine Car |
Breaker |
Bleenies (yum!) |
Stauffer's Pool |
Atlas Honor Roll (WWII memorial - 1942) |
Atlas Honor Roll Names |
Strong Fire Truck |
Atlas Honor Roll Parade |
Duncott breaker |
St. Ignatius Church, Centralia (no longer there) |
Centralia Fire Pic (present day) |
Pottsville Courthouse |
Coney Island, Centre Street, Pottsville |
Yer basic Coal Region homes |
Factory (Pottsville) |
Old Shenandoah Coal Breaker |
Tamaqua Coal Miners c. 1910 |
Shenandoah Coal Pickers c. 1910 |
Whaleback rock formation (bottom of a stripping pit in the Bear Valley section of Shamokin) |
Dinky House (large hopper car atop the Glen Burn coal bank overlooking Shamokin) |
The Mile (popular swimming hole / stripping pit outside Shamokin) |
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) |
Concrete City |
Concrete City closeup |
Bridge in Jim Thorpe (1) |
Bridge in Jim Thorpe (2) |
Shamokin F & S Brewery (as seen from da tracks) |
F & S Beer label |
View from Stoney Point (or Rocky Point) in Shamokin |
The Mile (outside Shamokin) with beach view |
Shamokin Rooftops |
Shamokin Centennial Bow-Tie and Button |
Ham and beans on Rte 61 near Frackville |
Gordon Inclined Plane c. 1896 now next to Plane St. right across from the Fire Co. |
Coal Miner's Prayer, 1904 |
McKinley's Bar, Centralia, 1934 |
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 |
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. |
Cameron Coal Mine, c. 1947 |
Shamokin, c. 1945 |
Pyramid Skating Rink, Girardville, c. 1998 |
Hi-Way Drive-In, Fountain Springs, c. 1998 |
Company Store, Locustdale, c. 1998 |
Duncott (?) breaker, c. 1998 |
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 |
Duncott (?) breaker, c. 1998 |
Miners Memorial, Shenandoah |
Overlooking the Lehigh #1 (Jim Thorpe) |
Overlooking the Lehigh #2 (Jim Thorpe) |
Mauch Chunk Train Station (Jim Thorpe) |
Lehigh River Gorge bike path (Jim Thorpe) |
Inn at Jim Thorpe |
Oneida Breaker, c. 1900 |
Alaska Breaker (outside Shamokin), pre 1950's |
Aristes Band, c. 1905-1910 |
Blackwood mine coal bucket, c. 1907 |
Blackwood mining, c. 1907 |
Shamokin Centennial, c. 1964 |