Westmoreland Coal Company photographs

About this collection

    The Westmoreland Coal Company is the oldest independent bituminous coal producer in the United States and usually ranks among the top twenty producers in terms of output and sales.
    The present Westmoreland Coal Co. is an amalgamation of several previous firms. The Westmoreland Coal Company photographs and videos (Accession 1993.233) collection contains a broad range of materials dating from 1876 to 1983 that includes records from both the Westmoreland Coal Co. and from the firms it absorbed.
    This collection has not been digitized in its entirety. This digital collection primarily comprises photographs dating from 1915 to 1960, and are mostly of the Stonega Coke and Coal Company mine and hospital at Stonega, Virginia as well as images related to the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company.
    Image: Coke being pulled from oven. Click here to view in the collection.

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