Anthracite Coal Region

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:region
gptkbp:containsCity gptkb:Hazleton
gptkb:Wilkes-Barre
gptkb:Shamokin
gptkb:Pottsville
Carbondale
Scranton
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:culturalHeritage immigrant communities
coal patch towns
gptkbp:declinedAfter decline of coal industry
gptkbp:featureType gptkb:Appalachian_Mountains
gptkbp:hasResource anthracite coal
gptkbp:historicalSignificance center of 19th and early 20th century coal mining
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Anthracite Coal Region
gptkbp:includesCounty gptkb:Carbon_County
gptkb:Columbia_County
gptkb:Wayne_County
gptkb:Sullivan_County
gptkb:Northumberland_County
gptkb:Lackawanna_County
gptkb:Luzerne_County
gptkb:Schuylkill_County
gptkb:Montour_County
gptkb:Dauphin_County
gptkbp:knownFor anthracite coal mining
gptkbp:laborHistory site of Molly Maguires activity
site of major coal strikes
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Northeastern_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:miningMethod strip mining
deep mining
gptkbp:museum gptkb:Anthracite_Heritage_Museum
gptkb:No._9_Coal_Mine_&_Museum
gptkb:Pioneer_Tunnel_Coal_Mine
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Knox_Mine_Disaster
gptkb:Centralia_mine_fire
gptkb:Sheppton_mine_disaster
gptkbp:notableIndustry coal mining
manufacturing
railroads
textiles
beer brewing
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Mother_Jones
gptkb:James_McParland
gptkb:Franklin_Gowen
gptkb:John_Mitchell_(labor_leader)
gptkbp:populationPeak early 20th century
gptkbp:transportation gptkb:Central_Railroad_of_New_Jersey
gptkb:Reading_Railroad
gptkb:Delaware,_Lackawanna_and_Western_Railroad
gptkb:Lehigh_Valley_Railroad
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Wyoming_Valley
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6