Merchants Coal Company photographs
Creation: 1901-1902Abstract
The Merchants Coal Company mined semi-bituminous coal in the early twentieth century. These are images of early construction at the Merchants Coal Company in Boswell, Pennsylvania.
Dates
- Creation: 1901-1902
Creator
- Merchants Coal Company (Organization)
Extent
22 item(s)
General Physical Description
22 photographic prints : b&w ; 4.5 x 6.5 in. prints on 8 x 10 in. mounts.
Historical Note
The Merchants Coal Company mined semi-bituminous coal in the early twentieth century. The town of Boswell, Pennsylvania was developed surrounding coal mines, named such after Thomas Boswell (1861-1929), the first president and supervisor of the company. Boswell purchased farms consisting of 14,000 acres and then laid out 1,600 lots on which coal company houses were built, and developed a 1,100 foot slope entry mine in 1901.
Scope and Content
These are images of early construction at the Merchants Coal Company in Boswell, Pennsylvania, showing the following views: a steel bridge over Quemahoning Creek, tipple, company housing, brick plant, mouth of mine, power house, and a temporary company store.
Location
GL Box 1.
Existence and Location of Copies
View this collection online in the Hagley Digital Archives.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Language of Materials
English
Finding Aid & Administrative Information
- Title:
- Merchants Coal Company photographs
- Date:
- 2014
- Description rules:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description:
- English
- Script of description:
- Latin
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the Audiovisual Collections Repository
