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A colorized postcard of the Glen Burn Colliery at Shamokin

Posted on November 7, 2020November 6, 2020 by Jake Wynn

We recently acquired this colorized postcard of the Glen Burn Colliery near Shamokin

Posted in Coal Region, ShamokinTagged 20th Century, Anthracite coal, Anthracite mining, Coal, Coal Region, Colliery, Glen Burn Colliery, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Railroad, Postcard, Shamokin, Susquehanna Coal Company, Susquehanna Collieries CompanyLeave a comment

A rare photograph of Shamokin’s East End in the 19th century

Posted on October 20, 2020October 19, 2020 by Jake Wynn

We recently acquired a new image of this Coal Region community in Northumberland County.

Posted in Northumberland County, ShamokinTagged 1870s, 19th Century, Coal Region, Collection, Image, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Photograph, Photography, ShamokinLeave a comment

An artist’s view of the village of Shamokin in 1851

Posted on August 22, 2020August 12, 2020 by Jake Wynn

James Fuller Queen sketched Shamokin at a key moment in the history of the Northumberland County community.

Posted in Coal Region, ShamokinTagged 1851, Art, Artwork, Coal Region, Illustration, James Fuller Queen, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, ShamokinLeave a comment

An August 1962 report warned of escalating disaster in Centralia

Posted on August 8, 2020August 30, 2020 by Jake Wynn

An August 1962 news report documents the early efforts to squelch an escalating mine fire at Centralia, Pennsylvania.

Posted in Anthracite mining, Coal RegionTagged anthracite, Anthracite coal, Anthracite mining, Centralia, Centralia Mine Fire, Coal Mining, Coal Region, Columbia County, Mine Fire, Mining, Newspaper, Schuylkill County, ShamokinLeave a comment

“Due for a comeback?” – An address on the Coal Region on eve of Great Depression

Posted on March 31, 2020March 30, 2020 by Jake Wynn

Mining engineer Max Fredericks gave a prediction of a bright future for the anthracite industry the day before the stock market collapsed.

Posted in Coal Region, ShamokinTagged 1920s, 1929, anthracite, Coal, Coal Mining, Coal Region, Depression, Economy, Great Depression, Newspaper, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Shamokin, SpeechLeave a comment

“Don’t Congregate” – Police enforced social distancing in Mt. Carmel in 1918

Posted on March 19, 2020March 19, 2020 by Jake Wynn

The full force of the law was used in Mount Carmel to enforce social distancing during 1918 influenza pandemic.

Posted in Mount Carmel, Northumberland CountyTagged 1918, 1918 Influenza Outbreak, Coal Region, Influenza, Medicine, Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, October 1918, Pennsylvania, Shamokin, Spanish Flu, World War I2 Comments

Oil-wick miner’s lamp – Patent model from 1879 at the Smithsonian

Posted on February 29, 2020February 29, 2020 by Jake Wynn

In 1879, John H. Gable of Shamokin, PA patented this oil-wick miner's cap lamp.

Posted in Anthracite mining, Coal RegionTagged 1879, Coal Region, Inventor, Northumberland County, Patent, Pennsylvania, Shamokin, Smithsonian, TechnologyLeave a comment

The Shamokin Uprising – July 25, 1877

Posted on July 24, 2019July 22, 2019 by Jake Wynn

On July 25, 1877, more than 1,000 workers marched in Shamokin. They were shot down by a local militia.

Posted in Coal Region, ShamokinTagged 1877, Coal Region, Great Railroad Strike, Newspaper, Northern Central Railroad, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Shamokin, Shamokin Uprising1 Comment

The Coal Region on D-Day – June 6, 1944

Posted on June 6, 2019June 3, 2019 by Jake Wynn

On this 75th anniversary of D-Day, we are remembering how the Pennsylvania home front marked the historic moment.

Posted in Coal Region, World War IITagged 1944, Carbondale, Coal Region, D-Day, Freeland, Lackawanna County, Luzerne County, Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Scranton, Shamokin, Shenandoah, Wilkes-Barre, World War IILeave a comment

Captain Alexander Frazer – Civil War hero and Coal Region mine foreman

Posted on January 17, 2019January 17, 2019 by Jake Wynn

Captain Alexander Frazer became a hero during the Civil War. And after the war he shined as a mining expert in the Coal Region.

Posted in Civil War, Coal RegionTagged Alexander Frazer, Civil War, Civil War veteran, Coal Mining, Coal Region, Kalmia, Kalmia Colliery, Schuylkill County, Shamokin, Wilkes-Barre1 Comment

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