| 400,000 TONS OF COAL ARE FISHED FROM BOTTOM OF SUSQUEHANNA RIVER EVERY YEAR Coal Pumped from Susquehanna River | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6798 |
| Catalog #: | 446501 | |
| Clip Number: | 446501-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 298 | |
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| Location: | Shamokin, PA, USA | |
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| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY/MINING: Coal LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Pennsylvania TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Barge | |
| Description: | 400,000 TONS OF COAL ARE FISHED FROM BOTTOM OF SUSQUEHANNA RIVER EVERY YEAR Coal is mined from Susquehanna River. Dredging boats at work lifting coal from the bottom of an American river. Pennsylvania WS raft or rafts in middle of river, w/ a couple men working there; hydraulic pump also pile of coal on raft. LS this thing moving on river to rt. One end of this boat with paddle wheel. View from another craft, with coal boat moving left in BG; worker is scooping coal down from a chute on board the raft. Closer shot of this. mining, river, coal, hydraulic pump, boats | |
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