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Coal mines and mining

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Industrial Collieries Corporation, Preston Division, Map of Mine 21

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4036
Overview

One digital copy of a map of Mine No. 21 of the Preston Division of the Industrial Collieries Corporation, a subsidiary of Bethlehem Steel. The mine was located in the Upper Freeport coal seam within Monongalia County, West Virginia. This mine supplied coal to the Baltimore shipyards during World War II. The railroad leading out from this mine has been converted into the Deckers Creek Rail-Trail.

Dates: 1942