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The Knox Mine disaster, January 22, 1959 : the final years of the northern anthracite industry and the effort to rebuild a regional economy / Robert P. Wolensky, Kenneth C. Wolensky, Nicole H. Wolensky.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wolensky, Robert P.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Knox Mine Disaster, Port Griffith, Pa., 1959.
- Coal mine accidents--Pennsylvania--Port Griffith.
- Coal mine accidents.
- Anthracite coal industry--Pennsylvania--Wyoming Valley.
- Anthracite coal industry.
- Port Griffith (Pa.)--History.
- Port Griffith (Pa.).
- Pennsylvania--Wyoming Valley.
- Pennsylvania--Port Griffith.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 164 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [Harrisburg, Pa.] : Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historial and Museum Commission, 1999.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Ch. 1. The Susquehanna River is breached, January 22, 1959
- Ch. 2. Plugging the breach and sealing the river slope
- Ch. 3. What does it mean? How could it have happened?
- Ch. 4. Establishing blame and responsibility
- Ch. 5. Rebuilding the regional economy in the post-anthracite era
- Appendix I
- Appendix II
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0892710810
- OCLC:
- 45025014
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