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Eureka No. 40, Sand House & Tank, East of State Route 56, North of Little Paint Creek, Scalp Level, Cambria County, PA

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Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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1970 - 1980
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Berwind-White Coal Mining Company
Madrid, transmitter
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Scalp Level ,  40.24980, -78.84891
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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