Switch Station at a Coal Mine

July 14, 1936

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Switch Station at a Coal Mine
  • Title
  • Switch Station at a Coal Mine
  • Creator
  • Heffley, Russell H.
  • Date
  • July 14, 1936
  • Identifier
  • 200905.298.HF
  • Description
  • View of a switch station at a coal mine yard. (Note from photographer: On left, coal is pulled out mines to tipple. On right is a side track--an empty car going into the mine.) The coal industry in Cambria County grew gradually through the 1800s. In 1885, the county was home to almost two dozen mines; by 1901, that number had grown to 130. Through the 1910s and 1920s, the Cambria County coal mines produced roughly 16 million tons of coal annually. The coal industry played an important role in the region's economy until the 1980s.
  • Extent
  • 8 x 10 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Coal mines and mining
    Coal miners
    Mine buildings
    Mine railroad cars
    Railroad sidings
    Railroad tracks
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Cambria County (Pa.)
  • Source
  • Russell H. Heffley Photograph Collection, 1924- ca. 1950s
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Russell H. Heffley Photographs
  • Rights Information
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