File:Miners at Coal Creek, Newcastle, March 12, 1915 (MOHAI 13136).jpg

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English: Miners at Coal Creek, Newcastle, March 12, 1915   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
English: Allen & Perkins
Title
English: Miners at Coal Creek, Newcastle, March 12, 1915
Description
English:

The history of coal in Puget Sound is tied to the development and expansion of the railroad in the West. Locomotives burned coal, and coal, which is heavy and bulky, could not be transported without the railroad. These two industries grew together in the region, the health of each enabling the growth of both. One the largest mines in the region was in what is now Newcastle, at Coal Creek. Coal was discovered there in 1863, and by 1876 the mines produced 400 tons of coal a day and employed 250 men. At one time the mines at Newcastle contributed to 20% of the coal consumed on the Pacific Coast. This image of miners posing at Coal Creek was taken during the height of coal production. Most of the men are wearing hats with lamps attached, and holding pick axes and other mining equipment.

Handwritten on image: Photo By Allen & Perkins, Georgetown, Wn. Coal Creek, Wn., March 12th 15. Caption information source: "Coal in the Puget Sound Region," by Laura McCarty, HistoryLink.org Essay 5158.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Coal miners--Washington (State)--Newcastle; Group portraits
Depicted place
English: United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Date Taken on 12 March 1915
Medium
English: 1 photographic print: b&w
Dimensions height: 27.5 in (69.8 cm); width: 8 in (20.3 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,27.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,8U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
13136
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
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Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
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MOHAI, 1998.19.1

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