Here's another shot of the Reading Coal & Iron Company's Saint Nicholas Coal Breaker in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. This may well become a bit of history because, as you see, the destruction is already well under way.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
My Beloved Anthracite Coal Region II
Here's another shot of the Reading Coal & Iron Company's Saint Nicholas Coal Breaker in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. This may well become a bit of history because, as you see, the destruction is already well under way.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
My Beloved Anthracite Coal Region
Here are some views from the Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Southern Anthracite Coal Field (as it looks today), which formed the setting for my novel series Up Home.
This is the Old Saint Nicholas coal breaker, between Shenandoah and Mahanoy City. Compare it to Windstorm's wonderful cover art for Book One of my novel (look to your right). Here's another shot of Old Saint Nick:
The Saint Nick was built in the 1930s by the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company as a regional breaker, to process coal from a number of mines in the area. It's long-since out of operation, and may disappear before too much more time passes. So, you may be looking at a bit of history here.
The Russians were only one of the numerous eastern European nationalities to immigrate to the Pennsylvania anthracite fields. They've left their imprint in the form of beautiful Russian Orthodox churches, such as the Church of the Ascension in Frackville:
The old coal towns were famous for having a taproom on every corner that wasn't occupied by a church. Here's a typical street scene from Frackville:
This is the Old Saint Nicholas coal breaker, between Shenandoah and Mahanoy City. Compare it to Windstorm's wonderful cover art for Book One of my novel (look to your right). Here's another shot of Old Saint Nick:
The Saint Nick was built in the 1930s by the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company as a regional breaker, to process coal from a number of mines in the area. It's long-since out of operation, and may disappear before too much more time passes. So, you may be looking at a bit of history here.
The Russians were only one of the numerous eastern European nationalities to immigrate to the Pennsylvania anthracite fields. They've left their imprint in the form of beautiful Russian Orthodox churches, such as the Church of the Ascension in Frackville:
The old coal towns were famous for having a taproom on every corner that wasn't occupied by a church. Here's a typical street scene from Frackville:
Farewell, Sweetheart
I gave up my sweet little stand of Highland parlor pipes for adoption today. She's going to live in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, with a chap named Joe Jordan. I wish her many hours of lively music, now that I've released her from mothballed captivity in an old Samsonite briefcase in the back of my now-incrementally-less-cluttered closet.
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Highland Smallpipes
It's time to say good-bye to an old friend. Here's a picture of the set of Scottish Highland Small-Pipes I've just put up for sale on eBay. The poor little thing has languished in the back of my closet for more years than I care to confess, and now I am trying to find her a more attentive home. If you're interested, please bid. She's a lovely girl, and deserves better than I've given her.
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