So ... since this doesn't include anthracite coal, I assume this
is
only a fraction of the coal being rail hauled into New England
states?
Are there any other coal classifications besides bituminous and
anthracite?
Were there any coal burning power plants located away from
water transport
in New England in this era?
Tim
O'
>Bituminous Coal Movements in the United States, Walter H.
Voskuil
>The Geographical Review 32: 117-127
(1942)
>
>Summary: In 1937, the relevant U.S. Fuels Administration
Market Areas in the northeast
>were 1 and 2, Market Area 1 consisting of
eastern New England and Market Area 2 consisting
>of western New England
and portions of the Mid-Atlantic states. Market Area 1
included
>Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New
Hampshire, and Maine.
>
>Bituminous Mining Districts 1 through 3
and 6 through 8 supplied coal to Market Areas 1 and 2
>in 1937. Mining
District 1 was mostly central Pennsylvania, 2 was mostly western
Pennsylvania,
>3 was mostly northern West Virginia, 4 was eastern Ohio,
5 was central Michigan, 6 was the
>Wheeling, West Virginia, area; 7 was
mostly southern West Virginia, and 8 was far
>western Virginia and
eastern Kentucky.
>
>The quantity in tons by method of
transportation was:
>
>Mining District Market Area 1 Market Area
2
>
>District 1 All-Rail: 569,659 10,190,733
>District 2
All-Rail: 70,553 3,202,118
>District 3 All-Rail: 125,240 5,067,066
>District 6 All-Rail 0 59,758
>District 7 All-Rail 6,056 293,102
(low-vol)
>District 7 All-Rail 0 606 (high-vol)
>District 8
All-Rail 51
