Map of Anthracite Coal Fields in Pennsylvania

Item

Title

Map of Anthracite Coal Fields in Pennsylvania

Creator

Strauch and Cochran

Date

1872

Description

Features the southern (first) and middle (second) Pennsylvania anthracite coal fields in Dauphin, Lebanon, Schuylkill, Carbon, Northumberland, and Columbia counties. It details the distances of coal-producing cities to New York and Philadelphia markets and provides an extensive list of anthracite collieries with their respective operators, landowners, and ash type shown at the bottom of the map. This is a copy of the original, photo-lith by A. Dickes, Philadelphia, date unknown.

Publisher

L. S. Smith, Philadelphia

Is Part Of

Spatial Coverage

Dauphin County (Pa.) ; Lebanon County (Pa.) ; Schuylkill County (Pa.) ; Carbon County (Pa.) ; Northumberland County (Pa.) ; Columbia County (Pa.)

Provenance

Lehigh University Libraries, Special Collections

Rights

No Copyright - United States

Source

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