Tow of Coal for the Jones and Laughlin Aliquippa Works Locking Through a Dam on the Ohio River

Identifier:

001937

Title:

Tow of Coal for the Jones and Laughlin Aliquippa Works Locking Through a Dam on the Ohio River

Creator:

U.S. Engineer Office, Pittsburgh

Description:

A tow of coal for the Aliquippa works locking through a dam in the Ohio river. There are 6,000 tons of coal in this one movement, or enough to fill 120 freight cars of 50 tons capacity each. The coal came down the Monongahela, which is canalized for a distance of about 70 miles above Pittsburgh and taps the richest bituminous coal district in the United States, where practically all the steel companies of the East have their coal mining operations and ship either by river or by rail.

Acquisition Source:

Wolfs Head Books, 122 Simpson St., Morgantown, W. Va.

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView