Simon Evans Killed at Brookside Colliery, 1906
KILLED BY FALL OF COAL AT BROOKSIDE [Lykens Standard, 20 Jul 1906] Simon Evans of Tower City, aged 43 years, employed as a miner in breast 159, West Brookside Colliery, […]
Early Railroads Near Tower City
A colorized photograph of the Williams Valley Railroad station at Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, built after 1892 when a rail line was extended to Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. According […]
Williams Valley Junction – Reading Railroad Station
An undated photograph of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Station at Williams Valley Junction, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, which was located at West Brookside Colliery. The ticket and telegraph office was […]
Total Loss by Fire of Brookside Breaker, 1885
From Wilkes-Barre News, April 27, 1885: A COAL BREAKER BURNED A Spark Starts a Fire That Destroys $30,000 Worth of Property POTTSVILLE, April 26 [1885] –A spark from an engine […]
Coal Castles – Brookside Colliery
From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville Republican and Herald in 1997: Located north of Tower City in the Williams Valley, the Brookside Colliery was originally operated as two […]
Rainfall Results in Railroad Delays, 1924
Flooding has always been a problem in the Lykens Valley area, particularly after a period of heavy rains. This episode was reported in the West Schuylkill Herald of October 3, […]
Reading Railroad Takes Over Williams Valley Railroad, 1907
Note: This blog post incorrectly states the date on which the Reading Railroad took over the operation of the Williams Valley Railroad. The correct date was Tuesday, April 17, 1907, […]
What Happened to These Pen Sketches Made in 1888?
A brief article appearing in the West Schuylkill Herald, July 5, 1967, described a display in the newspaper office window of sketches made in 1888 of Tower City and Porter […]