The original question in this thread was about *home heating* coal;
how much of that was anthracite?

How coal came to New England depended on *where* in New England one
meant. Two years ago we discussed the Alburgh, Vt., coal trestle at
which the Rutland received coal for transshipment. That coal didn't
come by barge, I don't think :-), but in hoppers from many roads. See
messages 43288 and 43309 (among many in that time frame).

The answer to a lot of these questions about routing seems to be "it
depends" ... on local circumstances in many cases. Frustrating yet
fascinating.

Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.


--- In STMFC@..., timboconnor@... wrote:

Actually, most of the barged coal was consumed along the

coastlines. And I

did say "most" coal, not all.

-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Garth G. Groff" <ggg9y@...>

Tim,

Your statement doesn't account for so-called Tidewater coal (N&W,

C&O or

VGN), at least some of which went north from Hampton Roads by

collier or

barge to New York or Boston, then was reshipped by rail from

there.