>thus the Dumore Shops, combined with the Knox Mine disaster farther south >(I think in 1957 or so) pretty much brought coal traffic to a minimum. . . Although careful examination of the record will disclose that Northern Field production actually went up for the next two years after Knox -- which was January 1959. The Knox disaster (in an ***Erie*** property) flooded ***three*** mines. It did not "flood up the valley" as urban legend has it. The ex NYS&W mines at Old Forge stayed dry for example, and the ex-DL&W properties around Taylor were not affected. There was seperate flooding north of Scranton -- ex O&W, DL&W and Independent properties especially. But not from Knox. But Knox was a great excuse for what was already happening -- namely, consumers not wanting to put out the ashes anymore. Cheers, Jim Guthrie The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org To Unsubscribe: http://lists.elhts.org/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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