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Vesta Coal Company Tipple

June 12, 1919

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Vesta Coal Company Tipple
  • Title
  • Vesta Coal Company Tipple
  • Creator
  • United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Pittsburgh District.
  • Date
  • June 12, 1919
  • Identifier
  • 20180220-hpichswp-0210
  • Source Identifier
  • PSS 23_B031_F19_I01
  • Description
  • An image of a barge alongside a Vesta Coal Company tipple. A tipple is a structure used to transport mined goods, typically in railroad hopper cars. The Vesta Coal Company, as subsidiary of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, operated seven mines along the Monongahela River.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Rivers--Pennsylvania.
    Monongahela River (W. Va. and Pa.)
    Barges--Pennsylvania.
    Coal--Pennsylvania.
    Tipples--Pennsylvania.
  • Source
  • United States Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District Glass Plate Negatives, c. 1900-1936, PSS 23, Detre Library and Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • United States Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District Glass Plate Negatives
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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