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Jeffrey Manufacturing Company Collection
Description: The Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio, built this cable car haul for the Beckley Coal and Coke Company, Beckley, West Virginia, ca. 1905. The coal cars were pulled up the incline by a Jeffrey steel rope conveyor beneath the railroad tracks. At the top, the coal in the cars was dumped into railroad coal cars below. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01224
Subjects: Coal miners; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Beckley (West Virginia)