Category: Mine Museums and Tours
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NO. 9 COAL MINE AND MUSEUM (LANSFORD, PENNSYLVANIA)
“Opened in 1855, No. 9 Coal Mine, located in Lansford, Pennsylvania is the world”s oldest continuously operated anthracite coal mine!Closed in 1972, the mine was re-opened as a heritage tourism attraction in 2002.Today visitors ride safely by train 1600 feet into the mountainside, to see and experience first hand what it was like for our…
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LACKAWANNA COAL MINE TOUR (SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA)
“Descend slowly into the earth in a mine car as youenter the old Slope #190. Watch the sky slowly disappear. Soon you”ve reached “the foot.” Then explore 300 feet beneath the earth through an anthracite coal mine originally opened in 1860. Accompany a miner in the winding underground gangways and rock tunnel past three different…
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ECKLEY MINERS’ VILLAGE MUSEUM (WEATHERLY, PENNSYLVANIA)
“Eckley Miners” Village is an example of a planned nineteenth century industrial coal mining town. Companies often designed and constructed rural communities to house their employees in close proximity to the collieries or factories at which they worked, which allowed the company to maintain a greater control over their employees. Eckley Miners” Village represents the…
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ANTHRACITE HERITAGE MUSEUM AND IRON FURNACES (SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA)
“On a tour of the facility visitors will experience the lives of proud people who endured harsh working conditions yet carved out communities filled with tradition.The diverse collection highlights life in the mines, mills and factories.Visitors are welcomed into the family”s homes and neighborhoods with a moment of reflection in the kitchen, a visit to…