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Anthracite, or "hard coal" has been mined in northeast Pennsylvania since the early 19th-century. By mid-century, this valuable resource that could burn longer and more efficiently than softer coal mined elsewhere in Pennsylvania, was heavily unearthed and sent to cities on the east coast. Towns such as Hazleton, illustrated here in this bird's-eye view, grew up around anthracite mining activities, and by the 1880s was home to a large immigrant population from Eastern Europe who worked in the mines, as well as wealthy mine owners. "Hazleton Mines" is pictured in the upper left of the view, and two breakers, or processing plants, are situated on rail lines in the lower right.
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Document identity
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wd3768850
label
Hazleton
core
obj
dtoType
map
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1
Source metadata
id
wd3768850
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Hazleton
description
Anthracite, or "hard coal" has been mined in northeast Pennsylvania since the early 19th-century. By mid-century, this valuable resource that could burn longer and more efficiently than softer coal mined elsewhere in Pennsylvania, was heavily unearthed and sent to cities on the east coast. Towns such as Hazleton, illustrated here in this bird's-eye view, grew up around anthracite mining activities, and by the 1880s was home to a large immigrant population from Eastern Europe who worked in the mines, as well as wealthy mine owners. "Hazleton Mines" is pictured in the upper left of the view, and two breakers, or processing plants, are situated on rail lines in the lower right.
date
["1884"]
year
1884
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_003170
creators
O.H. Bailey & Co
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Urban Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Hazleton (Pa.)--Aerial views
subjectsGeographic
Hazleton
Luzerne (county)
North and Central America
Pennsylvania
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
Still image
country
United States
state
Pennsylvania
county
Luzerne
city
Hazleton
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Boston, Mass
publisher
O.H. Bailey & Co.
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
9s1621613
schema:latitude
40.95
schema:longitude
-75.9667
extent
1 view ; 50 x 64 cm.
notes
Bird's-eye view.
Includes index to points of interest and ill.
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no
dcId
wd3768850
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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