Feldstein's Historic Coal Mining and Railroads of Allegany County, Maryland [Paperback]

Albert L. Feldstein (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 31, 2000 | ISBN-10: 097016050X | ISBN-13: 978-0970160508 | Edition: 2 Reprint

The book consists of 135 historic Allegany County, Maryland coal mining and railroad related photographs. These are primarily from the early 1900's. Accompanying each depiction is an historical narrative with facts, figures, dates and other information. Included within this number are 23 "graveside" biographies (tombstones depicted) of individuals associated with the history of coal mining in the region. There is also a sampling of Garrett County (just west of Allegany), Maryland coal mining and coal company town related scenes and information. Also featured is the West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh Railroad, B&O Rolling Mill, "Old Maud", the Koontz, Jackson, Cutter, Cone, Sonny, Appleton and Ocean Mines, Georges Creek and Cumberland Railroad, Maryland Mining Company Bridge, Hoffman Drainage Tunnel, Cumberland and Westernport Electric Railway, Eckhart Mines, Mt. Savage, Frostburg, State Line Bridge, Seventeen Mile Grade, Union Depot/Central Station, Connellsville Extension, National Road, Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Knobley, Brush, C&P, and Welton Tunnels, Potomac Wharf Bridge, Queen City Station-Hotel, Clarysville Inn, Western Maryland Station, Consolidation Coal Company, Baltimore and Ohio Railroads, plus Mettiki, Shallmar, Kitzmiller, Gorman, Vindex and Kempton of Garrett County and more.

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About the Author

Al Feldstein was born and raised in Allegany County, Maryland. As an award winning amateur historian he has, since 1980, published over 26 books, prints, posters and videotapes depicting the history of all three Western Maryland Counties (Allegany, Garrett and Washington), as well as nearby West Virginia. His publications have focused upon such varied subjects as historic postcards, newspapers, floods, historic gravesites, downtown Cumberland, pictorial histories, communities, coal mining, railroads and tour guides to historic sites. Al Feldstein resides in LaVale, Maryland with his wife Angela and daughters Natasha and Josinda.

Product Details

• Paperback: 40 pages
• Publisher: Albert L Feldstein; 2 Reprint edition (May 31, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 097016050X
• ISBN-13: 978-0970160508
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,982,527 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Connecting with the past, August 29, 2000

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This review is from: Feldstein's Historic Coal Mining and Railroads of Allegany County, Maryland (Paperback)

The coal mines of western Maryland were the first stop in America of my Welsh coal miner ancestors. When I started researching my family genealogy I was lucky enough t find Al Feldstein's "Coal Mining and Railroads of Allegany county, Maryland." Although only 38 pages long, it is packed with 135 old photographs with accompanying narratives. Many of the old photographs are from post cards in an era when the industrial development of the nation was a source of pride -- the inside of a coal mine and coal handling equipment; barge traffic on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal when it was a working canal carrying coal and other commodities down the Potomac to Washington D.C.; the National Road as it looked when it was an unpaved dirt road in 1907. Now in the year 2000, the coal mines are closed, the remains of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal are a National Park, and Interstate Highway 68 replaces the National Road. Thanks to the work of local historians like Mr. Feldstein it is possible to travel back in time and gain a sense of what the country was like during its early industrial development.