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RE: (erielack) Trivia Question
I don't think it was "the railroad that brought it in" Paul, I think more it was the railroad that
owned the mines, and later, when the railroads were forced to divest the mines, the companies that
were formed to operate and "own" the mines, which had names that were, let's say, similar to the
name of the railroads. "D&H Coal" for instance, came from mines owned by the D&H. "Lackawanna
Coal" came from mines owned, or formerly owned, by the DL&W. Etc, etc.
SGL
> -----Original Message-----
> From: erielack-owner_@_lists.elhts.org
> [mailto:erielack-owner_@_lists.elhts.org] On Behalf Of Paul Brezicki
> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 6:41 AM
> To: EL Mailing List
> Subject: (erielack) Trivia Question
>
> Anthracite retailers would often identify coal by the RR that
> brought it in;
> ie: "D&H Coal", "Lehigh Valley Coal". Since RR's were in the
> public consciousness in those days, I imagine it was a method
> of "branding" an otherwise generic product.
>
> Paul B
>
> Which brings up a point, how far back was Lackawanna coal
> referred to as such? Was that a common reference to
> anthracite, like Kleenex is to tissues?
>
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