Short Mountain Colliery Accident, 20 July 1874
From the Harrisburg Telegraph, 20 July 1874 (reporting from the Lykens Register): Accident at Short Mountain Colliery. — About seven o’clock this morning one of the boilers at the […]
Fatal Mine Accidents at Short Mountain Colliery, 1904-1921
Some time after 1903, the Lykens Standard responded to a request to print a list of all mine-related fatalities at the Short Mountain Colliery, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. That list […]
Short Mountain Colliery Timeline, 1910-1919
Short Mountain Colliery: Timeline 1910-1919 1910: Purchased new water heater for Bull boiler house. Constructed coal pockets for Bull boiler house. Erected new ash conveyor at Bull boiler house. Erected […]
Prominent Men of Lykens at the Reservoir, 1887
A photograph of some prominent men of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, at the Lykens Reservoir, taken in 1887. Front Row (seated on rock): Dr. W. H. Uhler; Richard Walters; G. […]
Dr. John C. Stroup
John C. Stroup, M.D., Elizabethville, Pennsylvania, was born in Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 8 January 1859. He is a son of Dr. John B. Stroup and Saloma [Shellenberger] Stroup. Peter […]
Gratz – A Drive-In Porn Theatre
The above advertisement for a porn film appeared in a Lykens Valley newspaper in October 1972. The film, Country Cuzzins, was shown at the Sky-Vu Drive-In Theatre in Gratz on […]
Short Mountain Colliery Timeline, 1900-1909
Short Mountain Colliery: Timeline 1900-1909 1900: Placed set of rolls in Breaker to break down broken and egg coal. Purchased Blake slush pump, 12” x 8” x 17.” Trestle 40 […]
Lykens – Railroad Station Yard Office
A photo of the yard master’s office of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Not much is known about this structure other than it supposedly was located on […]