No. 1 Mine - Allenport, Pennsylvania

1907

View this item

Title
No. 1 Mine - Allenport, Pennsylvania
Identifier
MSP33.B009.F01.I06
Source Identifier
MSP33.B009.F01.I06
Description
Vesta Coal Company No. 1 Mine and tipple at Allenport, Pennsylvania, with the Monongahela River in the foreground. The Vesta Coal Company, a subsidiary of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, was incorporated on December 22, 1891. The company operated seven “captive” mines on the Monongahela River between Allenport and Fredericktown on the boundary of Washington and Greene Counties between 1892 and the 1970s. Surface buildings and structures at a typical bituminous coal mine during this period consisted of a wooden tipple (foreground, extending into river), a loading platform, a small storage shed for mining supplies, and a stable if mules were used for hauling coal. A fan house was also located near the mine to provide mine ventilation.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Vesta Coal Company.Vesta No. 1 Mine.
Allenport (Pa.)
Tipples--Pennsylvania--Allenport.
Barges--Pennsylvania--Allenport.
Coal mines and mining.
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation.
Monongahela River (W. Va. and Pa.)
Source
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Collection Photographs, 1864-1953, MSP 33, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Photographs
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.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/