Museum Galleries - Mine Car

Mine Car, c. 1880
Mine Car, c. 1880

This mine car was used at the Wanamie Colliery of the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company in Luzerne County. Designed for hard use, mine cars were of sturdy construction. The features of this car include heavy wooden sides, a sheet iron bottom and front and an end-dumping door.

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The Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum and
Iron Furnaces, administered by Chester Kulesa, Site Administrator,
are two of three sites that make up the Anthracite Museum Complex,
which also includes
Eckley Miner's Village.
The Museum and Iron Furnaces are owned and operated by the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Historical and Museum
Commission, Harrisburg, PA.

Tom Corbett, Governor
Andrew E. Masich, Chairman
James M. Vaughan, Executive Director

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