Coal Shaker | Digital Pitt

1924-1950

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Title
Coal Shaker
Creator
Heffley, Russell H.
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1924-1950
Identifier
200905.299.HF
Description
View of a coal shaker. (Note from photographer: A coal shaker separates lumps from fine coal at the tipple. Workers hand-pick rock out of coal.) 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
Coal-mining machinery
Mine buildings
Geographic Subjects
Cambria County (Pa.)
Source
Russell H. Heffley Photograph Collection, 1924- ca. 1950s
Collection
Russell H. Heffley Photographs
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
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