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Ripper-Type Continuous Miner Machine
1946/1963
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Title
Ripper-Type Continuous Miner Machine
Identifier
MSP285.B030.F41.I04
Source Identifier
MSP285.B030.F41.I04
Description
Caption on the back of the photograph reads, “Ripper-type continuous miner rips coal from the face at the rate of about 10 tons per minute. This machine is working in the famous Pittsburgh Seam, reputedly the richest single mineral deposit in the world.”
Genre
photographs
Subject
Coal-mining machinery.
Coal mines and mining.
Source
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
Rights Information
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