Marvine Colliery, Oil House, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East Parker Street & Route 380, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA
Summary
Significance: Marvine Colliery is important to local history for its relationship to the development of the Anthracite Mining Industry in northeast Pennsylvania, "The Anthracite Capital of the World" 1890-1930. The Oil House was important to the operations of the Marvine Colliery as a support structure. Its architecture is of the same style as Boiler House No. 2.
Survey number: HAER PA-183-E
Building/structure dates: 1898 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Location
Scranton (Pa.), 41.40897, -75.66241
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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