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HB603861
Environmental View Of Powerhouse And Machine Shop, Looking South
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HB603862
South Side, Looking North
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HB603863
South Side, Looking North
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HB603864
Southwest Side, Looking Northeast
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HB603865
Southwest Side, Looking Northeast
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HB603866
Southwest Side, Looking Northeast
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HB603867
Northwest Side, Looking Southeast
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HB603868
Northwest Side, Looking Southeast
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HB603869
Interior, Machine Shop, Looking Northeast
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HB603870
Interior, Machine Shop Roof, Looking Northeast
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HB603871
Detail, Powerhouse Roof, Looking South
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HB603872
Detail, Coursed Ashlar, East Wall Of Powerhouse
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HB603873
Environmental View Of Ventilation Fan, Northeast Side Looking Southwest
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HB603874
Fan, West Side Looking East
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HB603875
Fan, Southeast Side Looking Northwest
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HB603876
Fan, Northeast Side Looking Southwest
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HB603877
Fan, South Side Looking North
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HB603878
Fan, Southwest Side Looking Northeast
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HB603879
Fan, South Side Looking North
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Detail, Fan Blades, Looking Southeast
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HB603881
Detail, Fan Interior Looking Northwest
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Item Title
LocationPowerhouse & Ventilation Fan,
Midland vicinity, MD
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER MD-73
Significance: The Ocean Mine Number One Ventilation Fan and Powerhouse are among the few structures remaining from what was once the Consolidation Coal Company's Ocean Mine Number One complex. Together they represent important improvements in coal mine safety and efficiency. They are also significant as reflections of the last wave of capital improvements in tunnel mining before the industry shift to surface, pit, and strip coal mining. The belt-driven Aerodyne-type fan sat above a brick-lined vertical mine entrance where it could force air into the mines below. The powerhouse was erected as a shop for the manufacture, repair, and transportation of ore carts for use in the mine.
Subjects
VentilatorsBrick BuildingsPowerhouses
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. ENVIRONMENTAL VIEW OF POWERHOUSE AND MACHINE SHOP, LOOKING SOUTH
2. SOUTH SIDE, LOOKING NORTH
3. SOUTH SIDE, LOOKING NORTH
4. SOUTHWEST SIDE, LOOKING NORTHEAST
5. SOUTHWEST SIDE, LOOKING NORTHEAST
6. SOUTHWEST SIDE, LOOKING NORTHEAST
7. NORTHWEST SIDE, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
8. NORTHWEST SIDE, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
9. INTERIOR, MACHINE SHOP, LOOKING NORTHEAST
10. INTERIOR, MACHINE SHOP ROOF, LOOKING NORTHEAST
11. DETAIL, POWERHOUSE ROOF, LOOKING SOUTH
12. DETAIL, COURSED ASHLAR, EAST WALL OF POWERHOUSE
13. ENVIRONMENTAL VIEW OF VENTILATION FAN, NORTHEAST SIDE LOOKING SOUTHWEST
14. FAN, WEST SIDE LOOKING EAST
15. FAN, SOUTHEAST SIDE LOOKING NORTHWEST
16. FAN, NORTHEAST SIDE LOOKING SOUTHWEST
17. FAN, SOUTH SIDE LOOKING NORTH
18. FAN, SOUTHWEST SIDE LOOKING NORTHEAST
19. FAN, SOUTH SIDE LOOKING NORTH
20. DETAIL, FAN BLADES, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
21. DETAIL, FAN INTERIOR LOOKING NORTHWEST
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