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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Slate is loaded into separate cars in the mine and when the "trips" come into the tripple, the slate is dumped onto a conveyor belt which dumps it into moving overhead cars which carry the refuse a mile up the hill where it is dumped

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Slate is loaded into separate cars in the mine and when the "trips" come into the tripple, the slate is dumped onto a conveyor belt which dumps it into moving overhead cars which carry the refuse a mile up the hill where it is dumped

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Interior of a tipple where loaded coal cars are raised from the floor of the mine in an elevator called the "cage", then by means of a rotary dump the coal is emptied into railroad cars directly beneath

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Interior of a tipple where loaded coal cars are raised from the floor of the mine in an elevator called the "cage", then by means of a rotary dump the coal is emptied into railroad cars directly beneath

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Empty car returning to the "cage" where it will be lowered down into the mine from the tipple

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Electrically driven hoist which lifts the cages of the coal cars from the floor of the mine to the tipple where a rotary dump empties them into waiting railroad cars

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Electrically driven hoist which lifts the cages of the coal cars from the floor of the mine to the tipple where a rotary dump empties them into waiting railroad cars

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. The end of the mine railroad where loaded cars are rolled into the "cage" and raised to the surface

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. The end of the mine railroad where loaded cars are rolled into the "cage" and raised to the surface

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Slate is loaded into separate cars in the mine and when the "trips" come into the tripple, the slate is dumped onto a conveyor belt which dumps it into moving overhead cars which carry the refuse a mile up the hill where it is dumped

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, mine, excavation, or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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01/01/1942
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Collier, John, 1913-1992, photographer
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Pittsburgh (Pa.) ,  40.44056, -79.99583
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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pennsylvania allegheny county pittsburgh safety film negatives pittsburgh pa vicinity montour mine coal company pittsburgh coal company slate cars trips tripple conveyor belt conveyor belt refuse mile hill united states history industrial history coal mines and mining mining industry library of congress