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Cambria & Indiana Railroad, Blacksmith Shop, .25 miles northwest of Colver, Colver, Cambria County, PA

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Cambria & Indiana Railroad, Blacksmith Shop, .25 miles northwest of Colver, Colver, Cambria County, PA

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Summary

Significance: The Blacksmith Shop is part of a larger rail yard and shop complex built in the late 1910s by the Cambria & Indiana Railroad, captive railroad of the Ebensburg Coal Company. This company was one of the top ten coal producers in Cambria County in the late 1910s and 1920s.
Survey number: HAER PA-238-C

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Date

1969 - 1980

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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator

Ebensburg Coal Company

Madrid, transmitter

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Location

Colver, 40.54340, -78.78780

Google Map of 40.5434034, -78.7878016

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Library of Congress

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