History of a proprietary bituminous coal mining town in Pennsylvania with absentee ownership. Deals with the development of the town, the infrastructure and the control structures used to maintain control of the workforce. Every need of the miners was provided for, but at the cost of individual freedom. Includes details of an occupation by the Pennsylvania militia in 1922
History of a proprietary bituminous coal mining town in Pennsylvania with absentee ownership. Deals with the development of the town, the infrastructu...
A history of very successful short line railroad in Western Pennsylvania that operated from 1904 to 1994 starting out as a logging railroad, successfully transitioning to a freight hauler, primarily hauling coal. From 1904 to 1910 it was a logging operation, the Blacklick and Yellow Creek Railroad. In 1910 the railroad was purchased by two Philadelphia coal barons, John Weaver and B. Dawson Coleman and renamed the Cambria and Indiana Railroad. It later became a part of the Bethelem Steel Corporation.
A history of very successful short line railroad in Western Pennsylvania that operated from 1904 to 1994 starting out as a logging railroad, successfu...
