Great Bend Township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

"Lokies" boost coal production ...

Photographed by Deb Hartshorn, August 22, 2010

1. "Lokies" boost coal production ... Marker

Inscription.
Made in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, this battery powered locomotive or "lokie," hauled cars full of anthracite coal from the mine's depths to the surface for processing in the coal breaker. "Lokies," replaced mules in the transportation of coal out of the mine, increasing the quantity of daily coal production. The mine worker who drove the locomotive was known as "the motorman."

Photo courtesy of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission: "Electric Storage Battery Locomotive in Eddy Creek Mine", by John Horgan, Jr, circa 1919.
The Eddy Creek Mine was located in Olyphant, Lackawanna County, Pa.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1919.

Location. 41° 59.025′ N, 75° 44.914′ W. Marker is near Great Bend, Pennsylvania, in Susquehanna County. It is in Great Bend Township. It can be reached from Interstate 81 at milepost 232. Great Bend Welcome Center - southbound. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Great Bend PA 18821, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Wyoming

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Valley.

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

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Citizen Soldiers from Bravo Company, First Battalion, One Hundred and Ninth Mechanized Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Pennsylvania (approx. 0.7 miles away); Freedom Memorial Park (approx. one mile away); SSG Larry R. Barnard, U.S. Army (approx. one mile away); a different marker also named War Memorial (approx. one mile away); Vietnam War Memorial (approx. one mile away); SPC William "Billy" Evans Memorial Park (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Great Bend.

"Lokies" boost coal production ... Marker and "lokie" image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Deb Hartshorn, August 22, 2010

2. "Lokies" boost coal production ... Marker and "lokie"

Photographed by Deb Hartshorn, August 22, 2010

3. "Lokie"

Credits. This page was last revised on October 26, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 10, 2010, by Deb Hartshorn of Burlington County, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,475 times since then and 58 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 10, 2010, by Deb Hartshorn of Burlington County, New Jersey. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.