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Birmingham Coal Company (UK)
The Birmingham Coal Company was a coal mining company in the Pittsburgh Coalfield area. It operated mines along Becks Run, as well as other mines south of the Monongahela River, such as the Bausman Mine and the American Mine. It is named for Birmingham, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Birmingham, Pennsylvania, a town which was later annexed to Pittsburgh. Part of the company was the Birmingham Coal Company Railroad, a Narrow gauge railway, narrow gauge railroad that ran Along 21st street. Coal was transferred underground using a tailrope system from Spiketown to the mine entrance, and from there to the railroad on a gravity plane to the railroad. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Birmingham Coal Company Coal companies of the United States Mining in Pennsylvania Defunct mining companies of the United States Defunct companies based in Pennsylvania History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania History of Pittsburgh Defunct Pennsylvania railroads Narrow gauge railroads in Pennsylvania 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburgh Coalfield
The Pittsburgh Coalfield (Pittsburgh Coal Region) is the largest of the Western Pennsylvania coalfields. It includes all or part of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Fayette, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Greene, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Washington, and Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland Counties in Pennsylvania. Coal has been mined in Pittsburgh since the 18th century. U.S. Steel and Bethlehem Steel owned Karen, Maple Creek, and Ellsworth mines. It is not possible to define sharp geographical boundaries for this district for none such exist or are reported differently. The largest company in this field was the Pittsburgh Coal Company, which later became CONSOL Energy. It is bordered on the west by the state of West Virginia, on the south by Panhandle Coalfield and Klondike Coalfield, on the East by Irwin Gas Coalfield, on the North by the Freeport Coalfield and at least one other coalfield. The Darr Mine Disaster occurred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |