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Mine car in Throop, PA

(Mine car in Throop, PA)

Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad Company
January 29, 1915

Coal was loaded into mine cars and pulled by mules, and later small engines, to the bottom of the shaft. A miner's work was done when he cut enough coal to fill his assigned cars.

Gelatin dry plate negative. L 20.5, W 26 cm
Steamtown National Historic Site, STEA 7469.
C2443