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People are walking on Monroe and Adams Streets in Fairmont, West Virginia during the big snow storm of 1950.

1. Monroe and Adams Streets, Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
005794
Title:
Monroe and Adams Streets, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
1950
Description:
People are walking on Monroe and Adams Streets in Fairmont, West Virginia during the big snow storm of 1950.
Cars are parked along Monroe Street in Fairmont, West Virginia during the big snow storm of 1950.

2. Monroe Street, Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
005793
Title:
Monroe Street, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
1950
Description:
Cars are parked along Monroe Street in Fairmont, West Virginia during the big snow storm of 1950.
Cars are parked on Adams and Madison Streets in Fairmont, West Virginia during the big snow storm of 1950.

3. Cars Buried in the Snow at Adams and Madison Street, Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
005792
Title:
Cars Buried in the Snow at Adams and Madison Street, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
1950
Description:
Cars are parked on Adams and Madison Streets in Fairmont, West Virginia during the big snow storm of 1950.
Two men are shoveling snow in Fairmont, West Virginia after the big snow storm of 1950.

4. Shoveling Snow After the Storm, Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
005791
Title:
Shoveling Snow After the Storm, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
1950
Description:
Two men are shoveling snow in Fairmont, West Virginia after the big snow storm of 1950.
The view from Madison Street looking toward Jefferson Street in Fairmont, West Virginia during the big snow storm in 1950.

5. Snow Covered Madison Street Looking toward Jefferson, Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
005790
Title:
Snow Covered Madison Street Looking toward Jefferson, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
1950
Description:
The view from Madison Street looking toward Jefferson Street in Fairmont, West Virginia during the big snow storm in 1950.
A person is walking on the sidewalk of Jackson and Monroe Street in Fairmont, West Virginia during the big snow storm of 1950.

6. Snow Covered Intersection of Jackson and Monroe Streets, Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
005789
Title:
Snow Covered Intersection of Jackson and Monroe Streets, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1950
Description:
A person is walking on the sidewalk of Jackson and Monroe Street in Fairmont, West Virginia during the big snow storm of 1950.
A man is shoveling snow on the corner of Cleveland and Locust Avenue in Fairmont, West Virginia during the big snow storm of 1950.

7. Shoveling Snow at the Corner of Cleveland and Locust Avenue, Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
005788
Title:
Shoveling Snow at the Corner of Cleveland and Locust Avenue, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
1950
Description:
A man is shoveling snow on the corner of Cleveland and Locust Avenue in Fairmont, West Virginia during the big snow storm of 1950.
View of Fairmont next to the river. 'Before Watson Hotel was torn down on the corner of Main and Madison St.'

8. Main Street, Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
005731
Title:
Main Street, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
View of Fairmont next to the river. 'Before Watson Hotel was torn down on the corner of Main and Madison St.'
Homes and businesses in downtown Clarksburg as seen from Lowndes Hill. Brick Courthouse in center of photograph.

9. Clarksburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
005605
Title:
Clarksburg, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Homes and businesses in downtown Clarksburg as seen from Lowndes Hill. Brick Courthouse in center of photograph.
The tipple at the Pursglove No. 8 Mine, Pursglove, W. Va.

10. Mine No. 8 Tipple at Pursglove, W. Va.

IDNO:
004485
Title:
Mine No. 8 Tipple at Pursglove, W. Va.
Description:
The tipple at the Pursglove No. 8 Mine, Pursglove, W. Va.
"Mine cars with 6 to 8 tons of raw R/M moving to rotary dump -Arkwright."

11. Tipple and Coal Cars at Arkwright Mine

IDNO:
004478
Title:
Tipple and Coal Cars at Arkwright Mine
Description:
"Mine cars with 6 to 8 tons of raw R/M moving to rotary dump -Arkwright."
Pittsburgh Coal Co. Tipple loading a coal car. Man standing near the tipple.

12. Pittsburgh Coal Company, Mountor Mine No. 9 Tipple

IDNO:
004468
Title:
Pittsburgh Coal Company, Mountor Mine No. 9 Tipple
Description:
Pittsburgh Coal Co. Tipple loading a coal car. Man standing near the tipple.

13. Boissevain Preparation Plant and Tipple, Boissevain, Va.

IDNO:
004437
Title:
Boissevain Preparation Plant and Tipple, Boissevain, Va.
Tipple is located on the Western Maryland Railroad.

14. Tipple and Headframe, Mine No. 123, Gray, Pa.

IDNO:
004436
Title:
Tipple and Headframe, Mine No. 123, Gray, Pa.
Description:
Tipple is located on the Western Maryland Railroad.
Pittsburgh Coal Co. Somers Mine Tipple. Standard Youghiogheny Gas Coal.

15. Somers Mine Tipple

IDNO:
004435
Title:
Somers Mine Tipple
Description:
Pittsburgh Coal Co. Somers Mine Tipple. Standard Youghiogheny Gas Coal.
Tipple with filled RR cars.

16. Consolidation Coal Company Fairmont Tipple

IDNO:
004433
Title:
Consolidation Coal Company Fairmont Tipple
Description:
Tipple with filled RR cars.
Tipple and conveyor at Hendrix Mine, a Consol Cavalier mine built in 1949.

17. Tipple at Consol Hendrix Mine

IDNO:
004429
Title:
Tipple at Consol Hendrix Mine
Description:
Tipple and conveyor at Hendrix Mine, a Consol Cavalier mine built in 1949.
'1935 - Continental Coal Company; 1941 - Brock Coal Company; 1943 - Christopher Coal Company.'

18. Brock No. 4 Tipple

IDNO:
004426
Title:
Brock No. 4 Tipple
Description:
'1935 - Continental Coal Company; 1941 - Brock Coal Company; 1943 - Christopher Coal Company.'
'1935 - Continental Coal Company; 1941 - Brock Coal Company; 1943 - Christopher Coal Company.'

19. Brock No. 4 Tipple

IDNO:
004425
Title:
Brock No. 4 Tipple
Description:
'1935 - Continental Coal Company; 1941 - Brock Coal Company; 1943 - Christopher Coal Company.'
Tipple and tracks with filled RR cars present.

20. Tipple at Consolidation Coal Company Williams Mine

IDNO:
004422
Title:
Tipple at Consolidation Coal Company Williams Mine
Description:
Tipple and tracks with filled RR cars present.
Tipple at the Consolidation Coal Co. Mine No. 32, Preparation Plant, Owings, W. Va.

21. Tipple and Preparation Plant, Consolidation Coal Company W. Va., Mine No. 32, Owings, W. Va.

IDNO:
004414
Title:
Tipple and Preparation Plant, Consolidation Coal Company W. Va., Mine No. 32, Owings, W. Va.
Description:
Tipple at the Consolidation Coal Co. Mine No. 32, Preparation Plant, Owings, W. Va.
A close-up view of the tipple at Clover Splint Mine, Consolidation Coal Company (KY.), Closplint, Kentucky.

22. Tipple at Clover Splint Mine, Closplint, Ky.

IDNO:
004413
Title:
Tipple at Clover Splint Mine, Closplint, Ky.
Date:
1947/10/10
Description:
A close-up view of the tipple at Clover Splint Mine, Consolidation Coal Company (KY.), Closplint, Kentucky.
A close-up view of the tipple at Jackhorn Mine, Consolidation Coal Company (KY) Jackhorn, Kentucky.

23. Tipple at Jackhorn Mine, Jackhorn, Ky.

IDNO:
004412
Title:
Tipple at Jackhorn Mine, Jackhorn, Ky.
Description:
A close-up view of the tipple at Jackhorn Mine, Consolidation Coal Company (KY) Jackhorn, Kentucky.
A close-up view of the tipple and headframe at the Pittsburgh Coal Co. Montour Mine No. 4.

24. Tipple and Headframe, Pittsburgh Coal Company, Montour Mine No. 4

IDNO:
004411
Title:
Tipple and Headframe, Pittsburgh Coal Company, Montour Mine No. 4
Description:
A close-up view of the tipple and headframe at the Pittsburgh Coal Co. Montour Mine No. 4.
Old Mine No. 207-208 Tipple in Dunham, Kentucky. "First loading coal- Aug. 17, 1912."

25. Tipple at Old Mine No. 207-208, Dunham, Kentucky

IDNO:
004406
Title:
Tipple at Old Mine No. 207-208, Dunham, Kentucky
Description:
Old Mine No. 207-208 Tipple in Dunham, Kentucky. "First loading coal- Aug. 17, 1912."
'Gardener cultivating flower bed on lawn in front of preparation plant, Mine No. 98, Consolidation Coal Co., W. Va.' Bituminous Coal Institute, 320 Southern Building, Washington 5, D.C. November 1948.

26. Mine No. 98 Tipple

IDNO:
004400
Title:
Mine No. 98 Tipple
Date:
1948/08
Description:
'Gardener cultivating flower bed on lawn in front of preparation plant, Mine No. 98, Consolidation Coal Co., W. Va.' Bituminous Coal Institute, 320 Southern Building, Washington 5, D.C. November 1948.
Coal miners loading railroad cars at the tipple located at Bartley, West Virginia. Please credit this photograph to the Pocahantas Fuel Company.

27. Coal Tipple at Bartley, W. Va.

IDNO:
004396
Title:
Coal Tipple at Bartley, W. Va.
Description:
Coal miners loading railroad cars at the tipple located at Bartley, West Virginia. Please credit this photograph to the Pocahantas Fuel Company.

28. Consol No. 26 New England Mine Tipple

IDNO:
004383
Title:
Consol No. 26 New England Mine Tipple
Hanna Coal Company's large electric shovel 'The Mountaineer'.

29. Mountaineer, the World's Largest Shovel

IDNO:
004377
Title:
Mountaineer, the World's Largest Shovel
Description:
Hanna Coal Company's large electric shovel 'The Mountaineer'.
'Close-up view of dipper on 50 cubic-yard shovel at Georgetown No. 12 Mine of Hanna Coal Company, Division of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company. These electric shovels are used to remove the earth and rock overburden from the coal seam. In a month's time, they will each remove as much as 1,600.000 cubic yards, or some 2,400.000 tons. If this material were to be loaded into open railroad cars, it would fill some 48,000 of them.'

30. Truck Parked in a 50 Cubic Yard Shovel at Georgetown No. 12 Mine

IDNO:
004371
Title:
Truck Parked in a 50 Cubic Yard Shovel at Georgetown No. 12 Mine
Description:
'Close-up view of dipper on 50 cubic-yard shovel at Georgetown No. 12 Mine of Hanna Coal Company, Division of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company. These electric shovels are used to remove the earth and rock overburden from the coal seam. In a month's time, they will each remove as much as 1,600.000 cubic yards, or some 2,400.000 tons. If this material were to be loaded into open railroad cars, it would fill some 48,000 of them.'
Visitors and workers standing inside of a coal shovel, possibly The Tiger.

31. Visitors and Workers Posing in a Coal Shovel

IDNO:
004370
Title:
Visitors and Workers Posing in a Coal Shovel
Description:
Visitors and workers standing inside of a coal shovel, possibly The Tiger.

32. Mountaineer, the World's Largest Shovel

IDNO:
004365
Title:
Mountaineer, the World's Largest Shovel
Two cranes surface mining a gorge. Dump trucks taking away hillside ruble.

33. Strip Mining Operation, Georgetown No.12 Mine

IDNO:
004364
Title:
Strip Mining Operation, Georgetown No.12 Mine
Date:
undated
Description:
Two cranes surface mining a gorge. Dump trucks taking away hillside ruble.
Shovel strip mining a hillside.

34. Shovel at Work on a Surface Mine

IDNO:
004363
Title:
Shovel at Work on a Surface Mine
Description:
Shovel strip mining a hillside.
Hanna Coal Co. Shovels: 'looks like 'The Mountaineer' on the right and probably 'The Tiger' on 'The Green Hornet' on the left.'

35. Hanna Coal Company Shovels at Work

IDNO:
004362
Title:
Hanna Coal Company Shovels at Work
Description:
Hanna Coal Co. Shovels: 'looks like 'The Mountaineer' on the right and probably 'The Tiger' on 'The Green Hornet' on the left.'

36. Results of Open Cut Mining

IDNO:
004359
Title:
Results of Open Cut Mining
'The nature of Hanna Coal's surface mining operations is illustrated here. Among the company's seven strip shovels for removing the overburden and uncovering the 52-inch vein of coal, are four giants weighing in the neighborhood of 1,800 tons each, equipped with booms up to 120 feet long, and with scoops having a capacity up to 50 cubic yards. Each of these large shovels can move enough stone and earth per year to cover a football field more than a mile high.'

37. Hanna Coal Company Shovels at Work

IDNO:
004358
Title:
Hanna Coal Company Shovels at Work
Description:
'The nature of Hanna Coal's surface mining operations is illustrated here. Among the company's seven strip shovels for removing the overburden and uncovering the 52-inch vein of coal, are four giants weighing in the neighborhood of 1,800 tons each, equipped with booms up to 120 feet long, and with scoops having a capacity up to 50 cubic yards. Each of these large shovels can move enough stone and earth per year to cover a football field more than a mile high.'
'The nature of Hanna Coal's surface mining operations is illustrated here. Among the company's seven strip shovels for removing the overburden and uncovering the 52-inch vein of coal, are four giants weighing in the neighborhood of 1,800 tons each, equipped with booms up to 120 feet long, and with scoops having a capacity up to 50 cubic yards. Each of these large shovels can move enough stone and earth per year to cover a football field more than a mile high.'

38. Hanna Coal Company Shovels at Work

IDNO:
004357
Title:
Hanna Coal Company Shovels at Work
Description:
'The nature of Hanna Coal's surface mining operations is illustrated here. Among the company's seven strip shovels for removing the overburden and uncovering the 52-inch vein of coal, are four giants weighing in the neighborhood of 1,800 tons each, equipped with booms up to 120 feet long, and with scoops having a capacity up to 50 cubic yards. Each of these large shovels can move enough stone and earth per year to cover a football field more than a mile high.'
'Hanna Coal Company, Division of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company has planted many millions of trees on lands which have been affected by open-cut mining. It is evident from the photograph that the trees thrive very well on this land. These newly created forests provide sanctuary for wild life, and in recent years there has been a moticeable increase in the amount of wild life present in these new forest areas. The trees in this photograph had been planted for some seven years at the time the photograph was taken. When these trees reach maturity they will have many uses, including that of supplying roof support material for Hanna's underground mines.'

39. Trees Planted on Areas Affected by Open-Cut Mining

IDNO:
004355
Title:
Trees Planted on Areas Affected by Open-Cut Mining
Description:
'Hanna Coal Company, Division of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company has planted many millions of trees on lands which have been affected by open-cut mining. It is evident from the photograph that the trees thrive very well on this land. These newly created forests provide sanctuary for wild life, and in recent years there has been a moticeable increase in the amount of wild life present in these new forest areas. The trees in this photograph had been planted for some seven years at the time the photograph was taken. When these trees reach maturity they will have many uses, including that of supplying roof support material for Hanna's underground mines.'
'Cadiz Drive-In Theater Near Cadiz, Ohio: The theater is located on land which had been affected by open-cut mining. The mining of the coal and the grading of the land after completion of mining operations was done by Hanna Coal Company, Division of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company.'

40. Cadiz Drive-In Theater was Built on Land Affected by Open-Cut Mining

IDNO:
004354
Title:
Cadiz Drive-In Theater was Built on Land Affected by Open-Cut Mining
Description:
'Cadiz Drive-In Theater Near Cadiz, Ohio: The theater is located on land which had been affected by open-cut mining. The mining of the coal and the grading of the land after completion of mining operations was done by Hanna Coal Company, Division of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company.'
View of Highwall: Many feet of overburden are removed by the large electric shovels to expose the coal seam. After completion of mining operations, the land is graded. It is then planted in forage crops, and beef cattle graze on it. Many trees have also been planted on lands affected by open-cut mining operations. At approximately the vertical center of the picture is a stratum of limestone which is quarried for use as road aggregate, track ballast and agricultural meal. Hanna Coal Company, Division of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company

41. Results of Open Cut Mining

IDNO:
004353
Title:
Results of Open Cut Mining
Date:
undated
Description:
View of Highwall: Many feet of overburden are removed by the large electric shovels to expose the coal seam. After completion of mining operations, the land is graded. It is then planted in forage crops, and beef cattle graze on it. Many trees have also been planted on lands affected by open-cut mining operations. At approximately the vertical center of the picture is a stratum of limestone which is quarried for use as road aggregate, track ballast and agricultural meal. Hanna Coal Company, Division of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
'Fifty-five ton tractor trailer units at Bradford No. 1 Mine near Cadiz, Ohio: Coal from the Bradford open-cut mine is loaded into 55-ton trator-trailer trucks to be transported to the Georgetown Preparation Plant where it is washed, dried and sized. Thes tractor-trailer trucks are powered by 400 H.P. Deisel V-12 engines. They have a rated capacity approximately equal to that of a railroad car (55-tons). The overall length of this unit is 55 feet. It is 12 feet in width and at its highest point, is 11 1/2 feet from the ground. The front tires on these units are 14:00 x 24. The rear tires on the tractor and the tires on the trailer are 18:00 x 25. These tractor-trailer units are lubricated while in operation by an electrically-times, automatically-controlled lubricating system, which lubricates each of the 63 bearings once each operating hour. Similar but slightly smaller capacity trucks are in use at the Georgetown No. 12 Mine. The coal is loaded, without being shot, by electric shovels having dippers of 9 cubic yards capacity.'

42. Fifty-Five Ton Tractor Trailer Units at Bradford Mine No. 1 near Cadiz, Ohio

IDNO:
004348
Title:
Fifty-Five Ton Tractor Trailer Units at Bradford Mine No. 1 near Cadiz, Ohio
Description:
'Fifty-five ton tractor trailer units at Bradford No. 1 Mine near Cadiz, Ohio: Coal from the Bradford open-cut mine is loaded into 55-ton trator-trailer trucks to be transported to the Georgetown Preparation Plant where it is washed, dried and sized. Thes tractor-trailer trucks are powered by 400 H.P. Deisel V-12 engines. They have a rated capacity approximately equal to that of a railroad car (55-tons). The overall length of this unit is 55 feet. It is 12 feet in width and at its highest point, is 11 1/2 feet from the ground. The front tires on these units are 14:00 x 24. The rear tires on the tractor and the tires on the trailer are 18:00 x 25. These tractor-trailer units are lubricated while in operation by an electrically-times, automatically-controlled lubricating system, which lubricates each of the 63 bearings once each operating hour. Similar but slightly smaller capacity trucks are in use at the Georgetown No. 12 Mine. The coal is loaded, without being shot, by electric shovels having dippers of 9 cubic yards capacity.'

43. Unidentified Tipple

IDNO:
004341
Title:
Unidentified Tipple
'50 Cubic-Yard Shovel at Georgetown No. 12 Mine of Hanna Coal Company, Division of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company: These electric shovels are used to remove the earth and rock overburden from the coal seam. In a month's time, they will each remove as much as 1,600,000 cubic yards, or some 2,400,000 tons. If this material were to be loaded into open railroad cars, it would fill some 48,000 of them.'

44. 50 Cubic Yard Shovel at Georgetown No. 12 Mine

IDNO:
004340
Title:
50 Cubic Yard Shovel at Georgetown No. 12 Mine
Description:
'50 Cubic-Yard Shovel at Georgetown No. 12 Mine of Hanna Coal Company, Division of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company: These electric shovels are used to remove the earth and rock overburden from the coal seam. In a month's time, they will each remove as much as 1,600,000 cubic yards, or some 2,400,000 tons. If this material were to be loaded into open railroad cars, it would fill some 48,000 of them.'
Consol. Coal Co. Fairmont Mine No. 32 Tipple and Preparation Plant at Owings, W. Va.

45. Mine No. 32 Tipple, Owings, W. Va.

IDNO:
004335
Title:
Mine No. 32 Tipple, Owings, W. Va.
Description:
Consol. Coal Co. Fairmont Mine No. 32 Tipple and Preparation Plant at Owings, W. Va.
An unidentified preparation plant next to a river.

46. Preparation Plant

IDNO:
003482
Title:
Preparation Plant
Description:
An unidentified preparation plant next to a river.
View of the plant from a distance.

47. Jamison No. 9 Preparation Plant

IDNO:
003481
Title:
Jamison No. 9 Preparation Plant
Description:
View of the plant from a distance.
Coal coming out on conveyors.

48. Clean Coal Loading Area

IDNO:
003480
Title:
Clean Coal Loading Area
Description:
Coal coming out on conveyors.