Grove City Historical Society is partnering with Lackawanna County to offer an immersive 360-degree mine tour for future ...
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), coal consumption hit another new record last year—8.77 billion metric ...
Coal was central to the war effort. It not only kept people warm but powered industry, railways and shipping. After the loss of French and Belgian coalfields to the Allied war effort, Welsh coal was ...
The Bradford County Historical Society and the LeRoy Heritage Museum recently partnered with author and historian, Malin D.
There are 206 coal-burning power plants left in the United States, which supply about 16 percent of the country’s energy.
Anthracite coal converted this region from agrarian to industrial. The discovery of hard coal — and the discovery by Jesse Fell of how to burn the stuff — spurred booms in the economy and population.
Renowned sculptor Graham Ibbeson is returning to his roots with a new sculpture trail at the National Coal Mining Museum. “My ...
LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — A new way of seeing the history of anthracite coal mining brought Pam Hummell of the Grove City Historical Society to the Lackawanna County Coal Mine Tour in Scranton.