Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Coal Tipple

1881

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Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Coal Tipple
  • Title
  • Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Coal Tipple
  • Creator
  • Frederick T. Gretton
  • Identifier
  • MSP328.B001.F13.I03
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP328.B001.F13.I03
  • Description
  • Coal from a Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation's mine hauled over a Bessie track into mill. Jones & Laughlin purchased mines and leases of mineral rights in the rich iron ore section of Lake Superior in order to provide raw materials for its Eliza furnaces. Jones & Laughlin were among the first to purchase Connellsville coal mines and use Connellsville coke in Pittsburgh. The Monongahela River was used extensively to transport the coal from the Vesta Mines to the beehive ovens of the Eliza furnaces.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation.
    Coal industry and trade--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Frederick T. Gretton Photographs, 1857-1953, MSP 328, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Frederick T. Gretton Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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