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Washington, George  Search this

Grant, Ulysses S.  Search this

Physical Description:

cotton (overall material)

white (overall color)

red (overall color)

Measurements:

average spatial: 23 3/4 in x 26 3/4 in; 60.325 cm x 67.945 cm

Object Name:

Fabric, Length of

fabric

Other Terms:

Fabric, Length of; Commemorative

Place made:

United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Date made:

1876

Associated dates:

1876 05 10 / 1876 05 10, 1876 11 10 / 1876 11 10

Subject:

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Related event:

Centennial Exposition  Search this

Credit Line:

The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

ID Number:

1989.0438.0438

Catalog number:

1989.0438.0438

1876T10

Accession number:

1989.0438

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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-d811-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

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edanmdm:nmah_1063544

Associated Name:

Washington, George  Search this

Grant, Ulysses S.  Search this

Physical Description:

cotton (overall material)

white (overall color)

black (overall color)

Measurements:

average spatial: 23 in x 27 in; 58.42 cm x 68.58 cm

Object Name:

Fabric, Length of

fabric

Other Terms:

Fabric, Length of; Commemorative

Place made:

United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Date made:

1876

Associated dates:

1876 05 10 / 1876 05 10, 1876 11 10 / 1876 11 10

Subject:

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Related event:

Centennial Exposition  Search this

Credit Line:

The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

ID Number:

1989.0438.0439

Catalog number:

1989.0438.0439

1876T11

Accession number:

1989.0438

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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-0697-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1063545

Physical Description:

linen, damask (overall material)

gold on gold (overall color)

Measurements:

average spatial: 133 in x 87 1/4 in; 337.82 cm x 221.615 cm

Object Name:

Tablecloth

Other Terms:

Tablecloth; Commemorative

Place made:

United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Date made:

1876

Associated dates:

1876 05 10 / 1876 05 10, 1876 11 10 / 1876 11 10

Subject:

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Related event:

Centennial Exposition  Search this

Credit Line:

The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

ID Number:

1989.0438.0444

Catalog number:

1989.0438.0444

1876T16

Accession number:

1989.0438

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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-fb59-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1063580

Maker:

Gillinder & Sons  Search this

Physical Description:

glass, frosted (overall material)

Measurements:

average spatial: 2 7/8 in x 5 1/2 in x 2 5/8 in; 7.3025 cm x 13.97 cm x 6.6675 cm

Object Name:

Paperweight

figurine

figurene

statuette

paperweight

Place made:

United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Associated Place:

United Kingdom

Date made:

1876

Associated dates:

1876 05 10 / 1876 05 10, 1876 11 10 / 1876 11 10

Subject:

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Related event:

Centennial Exposition  Search this

Credit Line:

The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

ID Number:

1989.0438.0309

Catalog number:

1989.0438.0309

Accession number:

1989.0438

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GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-0786-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1065771

Maker:

Gillinder & Sons  Search this

Physical Description:

glass, frosted (overall material)

Measurements:

average spatial: 3 3/4 in x 2 3/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 9.525 cm x 6.0325 cm x 6.35 cm

Object Name:

Statuette of Female

figurine

paperweight

statuette

Other Terms:

Statuette of Female; Commemorative

Place made:

United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Date made:

1876

Associated dates:

1876 05 10 / 1876 05 10, 1876 11 10 / 1876 11 10

Subject:

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Related event:

Centennial Exposition  Search this

Credit Line:

The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

ID Number:

1989.0438.0311

Catalog number:

1989.0438.0311

Accession number:

1989.0438

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GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-0787-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1065772

Maker:

Gillinder & Sons  Search this

Physical Description:

glass (overall material)

Measurements:

average spatial: 2 5/8 in x 5 1/2 in x 1 7/8 in; 6.6675 cm x 13.97 cm x 4.7625 cm

Object Name:

Slipper

statuette

Other Terms:

Slipper; Commemorative

Place made:

United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Date made:

1876

Associated dates:

1876 05 10 / 1876 05 10, 1876 11 10 / 1876 11 10

Subject:

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Related event:

Centennial Exposition  Search this

Credit Line:

The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

ID Number:

1989.0438.0313

Catalog number:

1989.0438.0313

Accession number:

1989.0438

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GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-0789-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1065775

Maker:

Gillinder & Sons  Search this

Physical Description:

glass, frosted (overall material)

Measurements:

average spatial: 2 5/8 in x 5 1/2 in x 1 7/8 in; 6.6675 cm x 13.97 cm x 4.7625 cm

Object Name:

Slipper

figurine

statuette

Other Terms:

Slipper; Commemorative

Place made:

United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Date made:

1876

Associated dates:

1876 05 10 / 1876 05 10, 1876 11 10 / 1876 11 10

Subject:

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Related event:

Centennial Exposition  Search this

Credit Line:

The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

ID Number:

1989.0438.0314

Catalog number:

1989.0438.0314

Accession number:

1989.0438

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GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-dad9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1065776

Maker:

Gillinder & Sons  Search this

Physical Description:

glass, frosted (overall material)

Measurements:

average spatial: 7 1/8 in x 3 1/8 in x 2 3/4 in; 18.0975 cm x 7.9375 cm x 6.985 cm

Object Name:

Vase

statuette

vase

Other Terms:

Vase; Commemorative

Place made:

United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Date made:

1876

Associated dates:

1876 05 10 / 1876 05 10, 1876 11 10 / 1876 11 10

Subject:

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Related event:

Centennial Exposition  Search this

Credit Line:

The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

ID Number:

1989.0438.0319A

Catalog number:

1989.0438.0319A

Accession number:

1989.0438

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GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-f963-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1065799

Maker:

Gillinder & Sons  Search this

Physical Description:

glass, frosted (overall material)

Measurements:

average spatial: 7 1/8 in x 3 1/8 in x 2 3/4 in; 18.0975 cm x 7.9375 cm x 6.985 cm

Object Name:

Vase

Other Terms:

Vase; Commemorative

Place made:

United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Date made:

1876

Associated dates:

1876 05 10 / 1876 05 10, 1876 11 10 / 1876 11 10

Subject:

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Related event:

Centennial Exposition  Search this

Credit Line:

The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

ID Number:

1989.0438.0319B

Catalog number:

1989.0438.0319B

Accession number:

1989.0438

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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-f964-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1065801

Maker:

Gillinden and Sons  Search this

Physical Description:

glass, frosted (overall material)

Measurements:

average spatial: 7 1/8 in x 3 1/8 in x 2 3/4 in; 18.0975 cm x 7.9375 cm x 6.985 cm

Object Name:

Vase

Other Terms:

Vase; Commemorative

Place made:

United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Associated dates:

1876 05 10 / 1876 05 10, 1876 11 10 / 1876 11 10

Subject:

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Related event:

Centennial Exposition  Search this

Credit Line:

The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

ID Number:

1989.0438.0319C

Catalog number:

1989.0438.0319C

Accession number:

1989.0438

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GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-f965-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1065802

Maker:

Gillinder & Sons  Search this

Physical Description:

glass, frosted (overall material)

Measurements:

average spatial: 7 1/8 in x 3 1/8 in x 2 3/4 in; 18.0975 cm x 7.9375 cm x 6.985 cm

Object Name:

Vase

Other Terms:

Vase; Commemorative

Place made:

United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Date made:

1876

Associated dates:

1876 05 10 / 1876 05 10, 1876 11 10 / 1876 11 10

Subject:

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Related event:

Centennial Exposition  Search this

Credit Line:

The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

ID Number:

1989.0438.0319D

Catalog number:

1989.0438.0319D

Accession number:

1989.0438

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GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-db57-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1065803

Measurements:

overall: 3 7/8 in x 2 3/4 in; 9.8425 cm x 6.985 cm

Object Name:

Plaque

Place made:

United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Date made:

1876

Subject:

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Related event:

Centennial Exposition  Search this

Credit Line:

The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

ID Number:

1989.0438.0363

Catalog number:

1989.0438.0363

Accession number:

1989.0438

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GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-d48e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1123449

Maker:

Enterprise Mfg. Co.  Search this

Measurements:

overall: 4 in x 4 in x 8 in; 10.16 cm x 10.16 cm x 20.32 cm

Object Name:

Bank, Still

bank

Place made:

United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Date made:

1876-09-21

Subject:

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Independence Hall  Search this

Related event:

Centennial Exposition  Search this

Credit Line:

The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

ID Number:

1989.0438.0457

Catalog number:

1989.0438.0457

1876TY02

Accession number:

1989.0438

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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-d262-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1123940

Creator:

Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company  Search this

Consolidation Coal Company  Search this

Donor:

Bethlehem Steel Corporation  Search this

Extent:

23 Cubic feet (99 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Photograph albums

Date:

1885-1940s

Summary:

The collection documents the building, operation and daily life of coal mining communities in Kentucky, West Virginia and Ohio between 1911 and 1946. The collection is a valuable for the study of mining technology and the social conditions of the time period and regions.

Scope and Contents:

The collection consists mostly of photographs depicting Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company mines and mining towns in Maryland, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Subjects include worker housing, schools for miners' children, gardens, churches, recreational facilities, health services, company stores, safety, mining machinery, construction of mines and related structures, and the interiors of mines.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into two series.

Series 1: Background Materials, 1904-1933

Series 2: Photographs, 1885-1940s

Subseries 2.1: Photograph Albums, 1885-1932

Subseries 2.2: West Virginia Division, 19091-1917

Subseries 2.3: Glass Plate and Film Negatives, 1911-1940s

Subseries 2.4: Numbered Photographs, 1911-1930

Subseries 2.5: Miscellaneous, 1913, 1916

Historical Note:

The Consolidation Coal Company was started in 1864 to mine bituminous coal deposits in Maryland's Cumberland region. it expanded by acquiring other mine companies as well as rail and other transportation companies. It went into receivership in 1932. The Pittsburgh Coal Company, founded in 1900, took over the firm in 1945 and formed the Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company.

The Consolidation Coal Company (Maryland)

The Consolidation Coal Company was incorporated in Maryland on March 8, 1860, for the purpose of effecting a merger of a number of coal operators mining the Georges Creek basin in Allegany County, Maryland. Because of the Civil War, during which Confederate armies frequently blocked the region's only outlet to market, the company was not actually organized until April 19, 1864. Starting life as the dominant operator in this small but significant coal field, "Consol" rose to become the nation's top producer of bituminous coal.

The Georges Creek or Cumberland Coal Field, occupying part of the triangle of western Maryland, contained a high-quality, low-volatile bituminous steam coal which was also, thanks to the Potomac River, the coal of this type most accessible to Eastern markets. Coal had been mined in the region beginning in the 1700s, and the first coal company, the Maryland Mining Company, had been incorporated in 1828. However, large-scale development could not occur until the mid-1840s, after the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reached Cumberland and provided reliable transportation. This also coincided with the development of ocean steam navigation and a rapid growth in the number of railroad locomotives and stationary steam engines. Cumberland coal was ideal for ship bunkering, and much of the output was shipped to New York Harbor. Naturally, New York capitalists and manufacturers played a leading role in developing the field. Lewis Howell's Maryland and New York Iron and Coal Company rolled the first solid U.S. railroad rail at its Mount Savage mill in 1844. The Consolidation Coal merger was put together by New Yorkers such as William H. Aspinwall, Erastus Corning, the Delanos and Roosevelts, and the Boston financier John Murray Forbes, who already had substantial investments in the region.

Upon its formation, the Consolidation Coal Company acquired the properties of the Ocean Steam Coal Company, the Frostburg Coal Company, and the Mount Savage Iron Company totaling about 11,000 acres. The last named company brought with it control of the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad, which connected the mines to the Baltimore & Ohio and later the Pennsylvania and Western Maryland railroads. In 1870, Consol absorbed the Cumberland Coal and Iron Company of 1840, the next largest operator in the field, and gained an additional 7,000 acres. Further purchases from the Delano interests gave it over 80 percent of the entire Cumberland Field.

Soon after its hated rival, the Pennsylvania Railroad, gained access to the Cumberland Coal Field, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad began purchasing large blocks of Consolidation Coal stock to protect its traffic base in 1875, eventually gaining a 52 percent interest. A B&O slate of directors was elected in February 1877, with Charles F. Mayer of Baltimore as president, and the company offices were moved from New York to Baltimore.

Until the turn of the century, Consolidation Coal's mining operations were confined to the small soft coal region of western Maryland. The company purchased the 12,000 acre Millholland coal tract near Morgantown, W.Va. in 1902 and acquired controlling interests in the Fairmont Coal Company of West Virginia and the Somerset Coal Company of Pennsylvania the following year. These acquisitions boosted Consolidation's annual production more than six-fold in only three years. The company purchased the 25,000 acre Stony Creek tract in Somerset County, Pa., in 1904. The Fairmont Coal Company purchase included a joint interest in the North Western Fuel Company, which owned and operated docks and coal distribution facilities in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

In 1906, the Interstate Commerce Commission held a formal investigation of rail ownership of coal companies, which resulted in the passage of the Hepburn Act and its "Commodities Clause," which prohibited railroads from dealing in the commodities they hauled. In anticipation of the new regulations, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad sold its entire holdings of Consolidation stock to a Baltimore syndicate headed by Consol president Clarence W. Watson, J. H. Wheelwright and H. Crawford on April 26, 1906. At the time of the B&O's divestiture, the aggregate annual output of Consolidation's mines totaled more than 10 million tons and the company controlled more than 200,000 acres. The John D. Rockefeller interests began purchasing Consol securities in 1915, eventually securing a controlling interest. The company's offices were returned to New York City in May 1921.

After the B&O divestiture, Consol began expanding into the Southern Appalachian coal fields, which were just being opened by railroads on a large scale. The mines in this region yielded a low volatile coal that provided an ideal fuel source for stationary steam engines, ships, and locomotives. Of equal importance, operators in the remote mountains had been able to resist unionization and thus achieve lower operating costs, while all of Consol's previous holdings had been in the so-called "Central Competitive Field" to the north, which had been unionized in the 1890s. Consolidation Coal purchased 30,000 acres in the Millers Creek Field of Eastern Kentucky in 1909 and 100,000 acres in the Elkhorn Field the next year. In February 1922, Consol secured a long term lease and option on the Carter Coal Company, whose 37,000 acres straddled the borders of Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky. In 1925, Consol became the nation's largest producer of bituminous coal, excluding the captive mines of the steel companies.

During the Great Depression, Consolidation Coal experienced serious financial difficulties and was forced into receivership on June 2, 1932. The Rockefellers liquidated their holdings at a loss, and the Carter Coal Company was returned to the Carter heirs in 1933. Consol was reorganized and reincorporated in Delaware as the Consolidation Coal Company, Inc. on November 1, 1935, and was able to retain its position as one of the nation's top coal producers. Eventually, stock control passed into the hands of the M.A. Hanna Company group of Cleveland, dealers in coal and iron ore. Although production reached record levels during the Second World War, management feared a recurrence of the collapse that had followed World War I. It also faced the prospect of increased competition from oil and natural gas and the loss of traditional markets such as home heating and locomotive fuel. As a result Consol opened negotiations with another large producer, the Pittsburgh Coal Company, which was the dominant operator in the Pittsburgh District.

The Pittsburgh Coal Company

The Pittsburgh Coal Company was a product of the great industrial merger movement of the late 1890s. In 1899, two large mergers were effected in the Pittsburgh District.

The Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company was incorporated in Pennsylvania on October 1, 1899 to merge the properties of over 90 small firms operating mines along the Monongahela River south of Pittsburgh. Some of these operations dated to the early 1800s, and all of them shipped coal down the Ohio-Mississippi River system by barge from close to the mine mouth, or later by the railroads built along the river banks. The combination controlled 40,000 acres of coal land, 100 steam towboats, 4,000 barges, and facilities for handling coal at Cincinnati, Louisville, Vicksburg, Memphis, Baton Rouge and New Orleans.

The Pittsburgh Coal Company was incorporated in New Jersey as a holding company on September 1, 1899 and acquired the properties of over 80 operators located in the areas back from the river on both sides of the Monongahela south of Pittsburgh. The combination was engineered by some of the most prominent Pittsburgh industrialists, including Andrew W. Mellon, Henry W. Oliver, and Henry Clay Frick. It controlled over 80,000 acres and six collector railroads, the longest of which was the Montour Railroad. Most of its output was shipped by rail, with a large share being transferred to ships on the Great Lakes for distribution throughout the industrial Midwest. The company owned coal docks and yards at Chicago, Cleveland, Duluth, West Superior, Sault Ste. Marie, Ashtabula, Fairport and Thornburg. Subsequently, the company expanded in southwestern Pennsylvania and the Hocking Valley of Ohio through the lease of the Shaw Coal Company in 1901 and the purchase of the Midland Coal Company in 1903. Most of the properties were vested in a separate Pittsburgh Coal Company, an operating company incorporated in Pennsylvania.

Unlike the Consolidation Coal Company, which had grown by gradual accretion, the Pittsburgh Coal Company had been created in a single stroke. As with many mergers of the period, its capitalization probably contained a high percentage of "water" in anticipation of profits from future growth. Unfortunately, the years after the merger saw explosive growth in the coal fields of Southern Appalachia instead. Although farther from major consuming centers, they enjoyed several advantages. The coal itself was superior, low-volatile with higher BTU content and altogether cleaner than the high-volatile coals of Ohio and the Pittsburgh District. As already noted, the southern mines were also non-union. With the inroads of Southern Appalachian coal, the Pittsburgh Coal Company continuously lost ground in the crucial Lake and western markets from 1900 to 1915. The company's capitalization proved unwieldy in the unsettled economic conditions following the Panic of 1907. A reorganization plan was devised under which a new Pittsburgh Coal Company was incorporated in Pennsylvania on January 12, 1916 by merging the old Pittsburgh Coal Company of Pennsylvania and the Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company. The old holding company was then liquidated and the stock of the new operating company distributed to its stockholders. Dissension between the common and preferred stockholders delayed consummation of the plan until July 16, 1917.

The Pittsburgh Coal Company, which had all its operations in the Central Competitive Field, had a much more difficult time than Consolidation in breaking the 1923 Jacksonville Agreement with the United Mine Workers in 1925-1927 and reverting to non-union status. The three-year struggle ended the company's ability to pay dividends. Pittsburgh Coal survived the Depression without receivership but with ever-increasing arrearages on its preferred stock. By the end of World War II, its managers were just as eager as those at Consol to attempt greater economies through merger. The Pittsburgh Coal Company and the Consolidation Coal Company merged on November 23, 1945, with exchange ratios of 65 to 35 percent. Pittsburgh Coal Company, the surviving partner, changed its name to the Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company.

The Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company

After the merger, the M.A. Hanna Company interests of Cleveland became the dominant factor in Pitt-Consol's affairs. Hanna had transferred its pre-merger Consol stock to its subsidiary Bessemer Coal & Coke Corporation in 1943. This led to a restructuring whereby Pitt-Consol acquired Hanna's share of the North Western-Hanna Fuel Company in April 1946 and the Hanna coal properties in eastern Ohio on June 16, 1946 These included large reserves of strippable coal that accounted for about 20 percent of the state's production. Pitt-Consol later acquired Hanna's holdings of coal land in Harrison, Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, on December 30, 1949. It purchased the New York Central Railroad's 51 percent interest in the Jefferson Coal Company, giving it full control, in 1952 and merged it into the Hanna Coal Company Division.

Pitt-Consol sold its last major railroads, the Montour Railroad and the Youngstown & Southern Railway to the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad on December 31, 1946. The Northwestern Coal Railway had been sold to the Great Northern system, and the Cumberland & Pennsylvania Railroad had been sold to the Western Maryland Railway in May 1944.

In addition, a new Research and Development Division was created to fund projects aimed at developing more efficient production methods, new outlets for coal consumption, coal-based synthetic fuels and chemical byproducts. A new coal gasification plant opened at Library, Pa., in November 1948, and the company began the manufacture of a smokeless fuel briquette under the trademark "Disco" at Imperial, Pa., in 1949. An experimental coal slurry pipeline was built in Ohio in 1952.

During the 1950s and early 1960s, Pitt-Consol made many changes in its coal holdings, selling high-cost or less desirable properties, diversifying its reserves across many different coal fields, rationalizing property lines to permit large mechanized underground or strip mines and forming joint ventures with steel companies to secure guaranteed customers. Pitt-Consol acquired the Jamison Coal and Coke Company in 1954 and the Pocahontas Fuel Company, Incorporated, a large producer of low-volatile Southern Appalachian coal, in 1956. In the latter year, it sold its Elkhorn Field properties to the Bethlehem Steel Corporation. As Pittsburgh District operations became less central, the corporate name was changed back to Consolidation Coal Company in April 1958.

The Consolidation Coal Company, CONOCO and CONSOL Energy, Inc.:

Consol continued to expand into the early 1960s. On April 30, 1962, it absorbed the Truax-Traer Coal Company of Illinois. Truax-Traer also mined lignite in North Dakota, a low-grade but low-sulfur coal that was taking a greater share of the power generation market as environmental laws placed greater restrictions on high-sulfur coal from the Central Competitive Field. The following year Consol acquired the Crozer Coal and Land Company and the Page Coal and Coke Company, owners of additional reserves of low-volatile, low-sulfur steam coal in southern West Virginia.

In 1966, just two years after the company marked its centennial, Consolidation Coal was acquired by the Continental Oil Company (Conoco). This was part of a general trend whereby U.S. oil companies extended their reach by acquiring coal reserves and large coal producers. In turn, Conoco was acquired by E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company in 1981. This purchase was motivated by DuPont's desire to obtain better control of chemical feedstocks in an era of high oil prices. Consolidation Coal was not a major factor in the Conoco acquisition and did not really fit into DuPont's strategy, especially after coal and oil prices declined. As a result, it was quickly sold off when DuPont was restructured a decade later. In 1991, a new holding company CONSOL Engery, Inc. was incorporated as a joint venture of DuPont Energy Company and the German energy conglomerate Rheinisch-Westfalisches Elektrizitatswerk A.G., through its wholly owned subsidiaries Rheinbraun A.G. and Rheinbraun U.S.A. GmbH. Consolidation Coal Company became a wholly-owned subsidiary of CONSOL Energy, Inc. DuPont eventually sold most of its half interest, so that by 1998, Rheinbraun affiliates owned 94% of CONSOL Energy stock, while DuPont Energy retained only 6%. CONSOL Energy purchased the entire stock of the Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company on September 22, 1998. CONSOL Energy stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "CNX" in 1999, with an initial public offering of more than 20 million shares.

CONSOL Energy produced more than 74 million tons of coal in 1999, accounting for approximately 7% of domestic production. The company currently operates 22 mining complexes, primarily east of the Mississippi River.

Source

Historical note from the Consolidation Coal Company Records, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh

Related Materials:

Materials in the Archives Center

The Archives Center holds a number of collections that document coal.

Coal and Gas Trust Investigation Collection (AC1049)

Hammond Coal Company Records (AC1003)

Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company Records (AC0071)

Lehigh Valley Coal Company Records (AC1106)

Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company Records (AC0282)

Materials in Other Organizations

Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh

CONSOL Energy, Inc. Mine Maps and Records Collection, 1857-2002

AIS.1991.16

The CONSOL Energy Inc. collection contains coal mine maps, related documents and topographical information, as well as surface maps and detailed information on mine accidents. Additionally, there are technical drawings, outside notes on multiple mines, traverse and survey books, information on companies and railroads with which CONSOL conducted business, and a variety of non-print materials including photographs, negatives and aperture cards. Digital reproductions of selected material are available online.

CONSOL Energy Inc. West Virginia and Eastern Ohio Mine Maps and Records Collection, 1880-1994

AIS.2004.22

The CONSOL Energy Inc. West Virginia and Eastern Ohio Mine Maps and Records Collection contains coal mine maps as well as surface maps and detailed information on mine accidents in West Virginia and Eastern Ohio. Additionally, there are technical drawings, related documents, traverse and survey books, publications and photographs.

Consolidation Coal Company Records, 1854-1971, bulk 1864-1964

AIS.2011.03

The Consolidation Coal Company (Consol) was created by the merger of several small operators mining the Georges Creek coal basin in Allegany County, Maryland. The company expanded rapidly in the early twentieth century through the purchase of substantial tracts in the coal fields of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Kentucky as well as docks and distribution facilities in the Great Lakes region. By 1927, Consol was the nation's largest producer of bituminous coal. Following a merger with the Pittsburgh Coal Company in 1945, the company pursued a policy of acquiring companies which afforded opportunities for greater diversification while selling off unprofitable lines. In addition, a new research and development division was created to fund projects aimed at developing more efficient production methods and new outlets for coal consumption. The records of the Consolidation Coal Company and its affiliated companies are arranged in seven series. Minute books and contract files provide the most comprehensive documentation in this collection.

Provenance:

Donated to the National Museum of American History in 1987 by Bethlehem Steel Corporation.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Mining corporations  Search this

Mining -- West Virginia  Search this

Mining -- Pennsylvania  Search this

Mining -- Maryland  Search this

Company towns  Search this

Mining -- Kentucky  Search this

Mines -- West Virginia  Search this

Mines -- Pennsylvania  Search this

Mines -- Maryland  Search this

Mines -- Kentucky  Search this

Mining and minerals industry  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- 20th century

Photographs -- 20th century

Photograph albums -- 20th century

Citation:

Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company photographs and other materials, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1007

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Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company photographs and other materials

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep86027ae9f-9a84-4277-adcf-d0b5e919ac6a

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1007

Collection Creator:

Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company  Search this

Consolidation Coal Company  Search this

Collection Donor:

Bethlehem Steel Corporation  Search this

Container:

Box 69, Folder 1

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives

Date:

undated

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company photographs and other materials, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company photographs and other materials

Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company photographs and other materials / Series 2: Photographs / 2.3: Glass Plate and Film Negatives / 2.3.28: Miscellaneous

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep86a0d5e7d-22e8-49a8-a43a-c620cc4997ac

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1007-ref143

Author:

Nagle Engine and Boiler Works  Search this

Names:

Buffalo Forge Works  Search this

Pennsylvania Boiler Works  Search this

Collector:

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of History of Technology  Search this

Former owner:

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering  Search this

Extent:

11.3 Cubic feet (2 boxes, 40 oversize folders)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Blueprints

Drawings

Correspondence

Place:

Erie (Penn.)

Date:

circa 1890-1939

Summary:

This collection contains documents related to Nagle Engine and Boiler Works, including photographs, drawings, correspondence, and catalogues.

Scope and Contents:

The collection includes drawings, blueprints, correspondence, and published materials related to Nagle Engine and Boiler Works. The collection is divided into four series.

Series 1: Personal Papers, 1912-1915, includes correspondence between T.M. Nagle and various construction companies, notably Kirschner Brothers Contractors and Builders. The correspondence is primarily concerns various additions and improvements to Nagle's private property, and dates 1912-1914. The series also includes building specifications and miscellaneous notes and calculations.

Series 2: Correspondence, 1914, includes business letters exchanged between Nagle Engine and Boiler Works and its suppliers and customers.

Series 3: Catalogues/Price Lists, 1903-1926, is composed primarily of catalogues, including a leather-bound book containing blank graphing paper and several catalogues, which was given to B.P. Morse of Morse Brothers Machinery Company. Also included are price lists, circulars and bulletins, and a book of testimonials from Nagle customers. In addition, this series contains some loose sheets including ads and articles referencing Nagle products and an instruction sheet for a Hassle Oil Engine.

Series 4: Photographs, undated, is divided into folders based on subject. There are photographs featuring standard boilers, vertical and wheeled boilers, steam engines, and miscellaneous parts. One folder contains images of Nagle products printed on cardstock for use in publication.

Series 5: Drawings, 1890-1938, includes oversize blueprints, tables, and diagrams produced by Nagle Engine and Boiler Works and Pennsylvania Boiler Works. Steam engines make up the bulk of the series, although boilers and miscellaneous parts are also represented.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into five series.

Series 1: Personal Papers, 1912-1915

Series 2: Correspondence, 1914

Series 3: Catalogues and Price Lists, 1903-1926

Series 4: Photographs, undated

Series 5: Drawings, circa 1890-1938

Biographical / Historical:

Nagle Engine and Boiler Works was founded by T.M. Nagle in 1879 and incorporated in 1896. The company was based in Erie, Pennsylvania, and was affiliated with Pennsylvania Boiler Works. For over fifty years, Nagle Engine and Boiler Works manufactured steam engines and boilers, including the Corliss engine model. It ceased production in 1940.

Related Materials:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collection Trade Catalogues from Nagle Engine and Boiler Works MC*316892, Nagle Steam Engine, Vertical Slide-valve MC*329758, Gardner Throttling Steam Engine Governor

Provenance:

Immediate source of acquisition unknown.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Boilers  Search this

Steam-engines  Search this

Manufacturing  Search this

Genre/Form:

Blueprints

Drawings

Correspondence -- 20th century

Citation:

Nagle Engine and Boiler Works Records, circa 1890-1939, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1083

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Nagle Engine and Boiler Works Records

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8d85e35ba-2f3c-4198-9197-0128811f8ba4

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1083

Creator:

Providence Engineering Works  Search this

Collector:

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering  Search this

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry  Search this

Names:

Providence Steam Engine Company  Search this

Rice and Sargent Company  Search this

Extent:

2.5 Cubic feet (10 boxes, 1 map-folder)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Blueprints

Order books

Drawings

Photographs

Trade literature

Place:

Providence (RI)

Date:

1850-1933

Scope and Contents:

Collection includes order books, 1883-1898, 1898-1918, 1894-1923; shipping book, 1883-1892; detailed cost record, 1892-1896; parts listing; pattern list, 1890-1907; miscellaneous order book, 1916-1920; book of standard and special engine details, 1881-1889; and drawing list, 1881-1908; also photographs, glass negatives, drawings, publications, and other material concerning Corliss engines and Rice and Sargent steam engines.

Arrangement:

1 series.

Biographical / Historical:

Engineers specializing in stationary engines and general machinery. It was incorporated in 1863 as the Providence Steam Engine Company, and merged in 1889 with the Rice and Sargent Engine Company to become the Providence Engineering Works.

Provenance:

Donated to the Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering by Charles T. Main, Inc. in 1965.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Steam-engines  Search this

Genre/Form:

Blueprints

Order books

Drawings

Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass -- 19th-20th century

Trade literature

Citation:

Providence Engineering Works, 1850-1933, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1076

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Providence Engineering Works Records

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep88d3e8c8b-decb-41d1-b1ae-381d8fd008e4

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1076

Creator:

Colorado Fuel and Iron Company  Search this

Elk Rapids Iron Company  Search this

Rust Boiler Company  Search this

Rust Engineering Company  Search this

Rust, Edwin  Search this

Rust, Henry Bedinger, 1872-1936  Search this

Rust-Helander Engineering Company  Search this

Collector:

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of History of Technology  Search this

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry  Search this

Extent:

5 Cubic feet (14 boxes and 1 map-folder)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Correspondence

Blueprints

Photographs

Date:

1890-1928

Scope and Contents:

Papers, comprised mostly of business correspondence (typescript, handwritten, and letter press books), from Edwin Rust's career as an engineer, specializing in boilers and steam engines. Also included are agreements, receipts, telegrams, blueprints, sketches, job cost records, rate of wages (Antrim Iron Company), daily labor reports (Elk Rapid Iron Company) and publications such as Iron Age.

Some letters relate to various engineering companies Rust was associated with, including the Rust Boiler Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company of Pueblo, Colorado; The Elk Rapids Iron Company, Michigan; the Rust-Helander Engineering Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; the Rust Engineering Company, Birmingham, Alabama. Rust's brother Henry is one of the correspondents. Some of the personal correspondence relates to Rust's membership in various clubs such as the Duquense Club and Antelpoe Park Club. Photographs of Edwin G. Rust and boilers and boiler equipment are also included in the papers.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into four series.

Series 1: Biographical, 1912-1925

Series 2: Correspondence, 1893-1928

Series 3: Patents, 1890-1920

Series 4: Photographs, 1902-1918

Series 5: Drawings, Blueprints and Sketches, 1886-1917

Biographical / Historical:

Edwin Gray Rust (1869-1925) was born in Leesburg, Viginia and attended Lehigh University, graduating in 1894 with a degree in mechanical engineering. During the Spanish American War he served as an assistant engineer with the rank of junior lieutenant and during World War Two, he served in the production department of the Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC). EFC was established by the United States Shipping Board, in 1917to acquire, maintain, and operate merchant ships to meet national defense, foreign and domestic commerce during World War I. As an engineer, Rust specialized in boilers, inventing the Rust water tube bolier (US 710,340) and later founded the Rust Boiler Company.

Provenance:

Originally collected for the Division of Agriculture and Extractive Industries' reference collections. Original provenance is unknown.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Steam-engines  Search this

Manufacturing  Search this

Boilers  Search this

Genre/Form:

Correspondence -- 20th century

Blueprints -- 20th century

Photographs -- 20th century

Citation:

Edwin Rust Papers, 1899-1922, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1070

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Edwin G. Rust Papers

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8cffec0df-8cb6-415c-991e-e7dac7c71cbd

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1070

Creator:

Herrick, Gerard Post, 1873-1955  Search this

Former owner:

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering  Search this

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry  Search this

Extent:

0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Patents

Clippings

Brochures

Correspondence

Photographs

Place:

New York

Date:

1842-1912

Scope and Contents note:

The collection documents Herrick's blast furnace and rotary steam engine business, including business correspondence, patent documents, drawings, machine operations data, and publications.

Arrangement:

One series.

Biographical/Historical note:

Gerardus Post Herrick, an attorney in New York City who turned inventor, graduated from Princeton in 1895. He improved the original design of the blast furnace, and later invented a rotary steam engine.

General Note:

Originally M&CE #51. Duplicate SIRIS record, Bib. # 234612, deleted 4/24/08.

Provenance:

Collection donated by Mrs. G. P. Herrick.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Steam-engines  Search this

Rotary steam engines  Search this

Blast furnaces  Search this

Genre/Form:

Patents -- 20th century

Clippings -- 20th century

Brochures

Correspondence -- 20th century

Photographs -- 20th century

Citation:

G. P. Herrick Collection, 1842-1912, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1058

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Gerardus P. Herrick Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep80bf92916-5875-4fc7-bda0-18006b0cd6f1

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1058

Creator:

Erie City Iron Works.  Search this

Former owner:

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering  Search this

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry  Search this

Extent:

1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Correspondence

Drawings

Articles

Blueprints

Trade catalogs

Photographs

Proposals

Price lists

Date:

1869-1960

bulk 1875-1912

Summary:

The collection documents a company founded in the 1840s in Erie, Pennsylvania as Presque Isle Foundry. It changed its name to Erie City Iron Works in 1851. Erie City iron Works made engines (stationary, portable and agricultural), boilers, and circular saw mills. The documents include products through catalogs, trade literature, photographs, blueprints and drawings.

Scope and Contents:

The collection documents the Erie City Iron Works of Erie, Pennsylvania. It includes trade literature, catalogs, price lists and advertisements; drawings and blueprints; photographs of engines and boilers; and articles.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into four series.

Series 1, Catalogs/Pricelists, 1869-1953, undated

Series 2, Drawings 1884-1889; 1941-1953, undated

Series 3, Photographs, undated

Series 4, Miscellaneous, 1912, 1919, 1960

Biographical / Historical:

The Erie City Iron Works was founded in Erie, Pennsylvania in 1840 as Presque Isle Foundry. It changed its name to Erie City Iron Works in 1851. Over its history, it experienced several name changes: Zurn Industries' Energy Division, Aalborg Industries, and Erie Power Technologies, Inc. Today, the parent company, CMI Belgium, is a global supplier of steam-generating products and services to the power industry and general industrial steam market.

Provenance:

Source of acquisition unknown. Collected by the Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, now known as the Division of Work and Industry.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Boilers  Search this

Engines  Search this

Steam-engines  Search this

Genre/Form:

Correspondence

Drawings

Articles

Blueprints

Trade catalogs

Photographs -- 20th century

Photographs -- 19th century

Proposals

Price lists

Citation:

Erie City Iron Works Collection, dates, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1050

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Erie City Iron Works Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep86741dbac-99bb-4186-be28-246844d82037

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1050