Tamaqua in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Colliery Bell
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 13, 2023
1. Colliery Bell Marker
Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co.
Lansford
Donated In Memory Of
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Schock
Erected by the Schock Family.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the Historic Bells series list.
Location. 40° 47.848′ N, 75° 58.186′ W. Marker is in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, in Schuylkill County. It is on Railroad Street (Pennsylvania Route 309) near Broad Street (U.S. 209), on the right when traveling south. Marker is in Depot Square Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1 West Broad Street, Tamaqua PA 18252, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Little Schuylkill Railroad (a few steps from this marker); Reading & Northern Railroad (a few steps from this marker); Anthracite Railroader Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Tamaqua (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Anthracite Bank of Tamaqua (approx. 0.2 miles away); Burkhardt Moser Log Home (approx. 0.2 miles away); Little Schuylkill Hotel (approx. Ό mile away); The Jno. F. McGinty Brewery (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tamaqua.
Also see . . . Guide to the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company Records (Smithsonian Institution). (Submitted on September 14, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 13, 2023
2. Colliery Bell and Marker
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 13, 2023
3. Colliery Bell
Photographed by Jack Delano, August 1940
4. Giant breaker of Lehigh Navigation Coal Company at Lansford PA
Credits. This page was last revised on September 14, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 14, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 269 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 14, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
