| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Locale | Allegheny County, Pennsylvania |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 3 ft 2 in (965 mm) |
| Other | |
| Website | Map https://web.archive.org/web/20110927045243/http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/i/image/image-idx?view=entry%3Bcc%3Dhopkins%3Bentryid%3Dx-20090330-hopkins-0026 |
The Birmingham Coal Company was a coal mining company in the Pittsburgh Coalfield area. It operated mines along Becks Run, as well as other mines south of the Monongahela River, such as the Bausman Mine and the American Mine. It is named for Birmingham, Pennsylvania, a town which was later annexed to Pittsburgh. Part of the company was the Birmingham Coal Company Railroad, a 3 ft 2 in (965 mm) narrow gauge railroad that ran Along 21st street. Coal was transferred underground using a tailrope system from Spiketown to the mine entrance, and from there to the railroad on a gravity plane to the railroad.
References
- Chance, Henry Martyn (1884). Report of Progress... pp. 175–179. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
- Geological Survey of Pennsylvania 1886. 1887. p. 176. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
- Furman, H.V.; A.E. Swain (June 11, 1881). "Underground Haulage in the Coal Mines of Pennsylvania". The Mining and Engineering Journal. 31 (24): 400.
- Coal companies of the United States
- Coal mining in Pennsylvania
- Defunct mining companies of the United States
- Defunct companies based in Pennsylvania
- History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
- History of Pittsburgh
- Defunct Pennsylvania railroads
- Narrow gauge railroads in Pennsylvania
- 3 ft 2 in gauge railways in the United States
- Transportation in Pittsburgh
- Defunct coal mining companies