Pennsylvania Geological Survey - Historical Photographs

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  • Subject = Nonmetallic Mineral Resources
  • Location Covered = Northampton
  • Date = 1923-07-18

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This collection includes photographs from the Pennsylvania Geological Survey Historical Photographs Collection.
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Channeling machine, slate quarry
Channeling machine, slate quarry
Nonmetallic Mineral Resources
Channeling machine, slate quarry. Bangor, Pa., Quarry operations. North Bangor Slate Company's quarry, Bangor, Pa. Shows channeling machine making a cut on higher level.
Hoisting slate
Hoisting slate
Nonmetallic Mineral Resources
Hoisting slate. Bangor, Pa., Dark streaks on channel cut wall are wet. Slate being quarried in benches.
Masts and carriage, slate quarry
Masts and carriage, slate quarry
Nonmetallic Mineral Resources
Masts and carriage, slate quarry. Bangor, Pa., Hoisting a large block at the main quarry of the Belfast Slate Company, Belfast, Pa.
Masts and hoist house, slate quarry
Masts and hoist house, slate quarry
Nonmetallic Mineral Resources
Masts and hoist house, slate quarry. Bangor, Pa., Landing of North Bangor Slate Company's Quarry at Bangor, Pa., showing hoist houses, masts, and cars used to haul blocks from landing to mill.
Polishing blackboard slate
Polishing blackboard slate
Nonmetallic Mineral Resources
Polishing blackboard slate, Bangor., Vermont type of buffer in use in polishing blackboard slate; North Bangor Slate Company's mill, Bangor, Pa.
Quarrymen loosening slate
Quarrymen loosening slate
Nonmetallic Mineral Resources
Quarrymen loosening slate. Bangor, Pa.
Roofing slate stock pile
Roofing slate stock pile
Nonmetallic Mineral Resources
Roofing slate stock pile. Bangor, Pa., View of slate pile of North Bangor Quarry, looking southwest down Martins Creek through the town of Bangor. Shows piles of roofing slate, set out to "weather."
Sculp and cleavage in slate quarry
Sculp and cleavage in slate quarry
Nonmetallic Mineral Resources
Sculp and cleavage in slate quarry, Pen Argyl., View of beds of slate and quarry operations along northeast side of lowest working level in Jackson-Bangor #6 Quarry, Pen Argyle, Pa. The beds strike N 53° E and dip 22° N. "Sculp" or grain fractures are vertical faces on the blocks to right and left of workman, who kneels on a cleavage surface. "Hard rolls" or sandy beds show in wall just above his head.
Slate quarry, channel cut and blasted wall
Slate quarry, channel cut and blasted wall
Nonmetallic Mineral Resources
Slate quarry, channel cut and blasted wall. Bangor, Pa.
Slate quarry, showing depth
Slate quarry, showing depth
Nonmetallic Mineral Resources
Slate quarry, showing depth. Bangor, Pa., View of North Bangor Slate Company's Quarry, looking toward west corner from ground level. Shows work progressing at several levels. Overburden (above cribbing) is glacial till above which is slate of the old dump. Portion of town of Bangor in background.
Slate waste
Slate waste
Nonmetallic Mineral Resources
Slate waste, Bangor., View of dump and hole (middle distance) of Bangor Central Quarry, Bangor, Pa. Looking due north from property line between Old Bangor and Bangor Excelsion Quarries across State highway east of Bangor.