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Fan House

1933-1947

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Fan House
  • Title
  • Fan House
  • Creator
  • Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation. Vesta Division
  • Date
  • 1933-1947
  • Identifier
  • 9116.077.CL
  • Description
  • View of the construction of a fan house to be used to ventilate the Clover Hill section of Vesta No. 4 Mine, once the largest bituminous coal mine in the world. Vesta No. 4 Mine was opened circa 1903, was closed in 1957, was temporarily re-opened in 1960 and permanently closed in 1984.
  • Extent
  • 3.5 x 6 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Coal mines and mining--Heating and ventilation
    Fans (Machinery)
    Mine buildings--Design and construction
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Clover Hill (Pa.)
  • Source
  • CONSOL Energy Inc. Mine Maps and Records, 1857-2010
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • CONSOL Energy, Inc. Mine Maps and Records
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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