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Subsidence

Photographs from 1938 document the damage done to homes by mine subsidence in Schuylkill County

Posted on December 15, 2020December 14, 2020 by Jake Wynn

Sheldon Dick photographed damaged homes in Gilberton, Schuylkill County in 1938.

Posted in Coal Region, Schuylkill County, UncategorizedTagged 1938, anthracite, Coal Mining, Coal Region, Gilberton, Great Depression, Library of Congress, Mine subsidence, Mining, Photographs, Photography, Schuylkill County, Sheldon Dick, Subsidence1 Comment

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