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Oral History: Abandoned buildings provide us with glimpses into the past and reveal much about life today

Image: Filming "The Molly Maguires"

Image: In the summer of 1993, historian Thomas Dublin began an oral history project in the Panther Valley, interviewing men and women who lived through the closing of area mines and garment factories. George Harvan provided helpful leads as the interviewing…

Image: Chair for slatepicker at top of St. Nicholas breaker

Image: Conveyor belt and machinery at top of St. Nicholas breaker

Image: Washroom, St. Nicholas breaker

Image: Menzies cones at St. Nicholas breaker, abandoned in mid-1950s

Image: Rotary dump, Locust Summit breaker, ca. 1992

Image: Inside Huber breaker, view of former control panel for operating conveyor belt

Image: Rear view of Huber breaker

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Image: Trying to dam the breach, Port Griffith, January 1959

Image: No. 9 mine entrance, with the passage of time

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Image: showing effects of deterioration after being sealed for more than twenty years

Image: No. 9 tunnel after reopening, 1995-showing effects of deterioration after being sealed for more than twenty years