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HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH #134
Albert Walker’s Portsmouth Coal Pockets provided anthracite coal for about six dollars a ton. Company coal shovelers, office workers and teamsters pose here at the coal bunker on Market St at the turn of the 20th century. Wood kindling at the right sold for two or three cents a bundle.
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From HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH
Early Photographs from the Collections of Strawbery Banke
by James L. Garvin & Susan Grigg, Peter Randall Publisher
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SEE ALSOL Coal Office
BONUS CLOSE-UPS
WORKING IN A COAL MINE (lyrics) Well I been workin in a coal mine Goin down down Workin in a coal mine Whew about to slip down Five oclock in the mornin Im up before the sun When my work day is over Im too tired for havin fun Lord I am so tired How long can this go on I been workin goin workin Whew about to slip down