Schuylkill County

by Mark T. Major and Leo L. Ward

Book Overview

Schuylkill County in east central Pennsylvania was built from the rich southern fields of anthracite coal.

The era when coal was king has long since passed, but the story of the development of the anthracite coal industry that fueled the Industrial Revolution in the U.S. has not been lost, and its legacy still influences our modern world. When Broad Mountain was conquered by the railroads and the Mahanoy plane was built, coal could...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738590282
• ISBN13: 9780738590288
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.6" x 9.2"