Anthracite Collieries & RAILROAD RDG LV PRR RR new BOOK

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You are purchasing a copy of the publication ANTHRACITE COLLIERIES and RAILROADS of the WESTERN MIDDLE FIELD by Scott Hemenway . This is a HARD COVER with Dust Jact, 216 pages, 11x8.5" (landscape) book containing approximately hundreds of historic photographs and technical drawings. This is a great large fold out drawing of the Hammond Collier Breaker attached to the inside back cover.The chapters are as follows:1: Beginnings of an Industry 1820-18402. Trasnportation and Rapid Growth 1850-1870 -- Takes about the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Lehigh Valley and the Northern Central ( Pennsylvania ).3. The Railroads Take Control 1870-19004. Zentith and Then Decline 1900-19305. The Mining of Anthracite6. Preparation of Anthracite7. Collieries of the Western Middle FieldAppendix A Anthracite Production 1820 thru 2001Appendix B Largest Producing Collieries of the Western FieldAppendix C Mining Accidents in the Western Middle Field: 1869-1947GlossaryBibliographyThis is a great book detailing the railroads and the collieries in the Western Middle Field -- Schuylkill County and north west -- see map. Wonderful information on the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company, Lehigh Valley Anthracite, and the Mineral Railroad & Mining Company (PRR). YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED! THIS BOOK CONTAINS FRESH NEW INFORMATION! This book will be read more
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