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al.kresse <water.kresse@...>
Folks,
I am looking for the member who had access to Bituminous Coal shipments directions historical data out VA, WV, and KY carried by basically the C&O/N&W/Virginian (Pokey Roads) East to Tidewater (Hampton Roads) vs. West (midwest or Great Lakes ports). Early on it was basically all EAST and then it gradually shifted from going up the intercoastal waterways to the NE, to heading west and north to the industrial heartlands. So much so that at one time the Pennsy hard-coal shippers wanted a tariff to be put on cheap southern soft-coal. Many thanks, Al Kresse
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Dave Nelson
al.kresse wrote:
Folks,Al, check any major University library that's close by to you, as they might have a federal document depository. There you want to find a copy of the Minerals yearbook. A look at the copy I own (1950 edition) shows the Fed's did have bit coal production data going back to 1890 but in this volume the data by state only covers a 10 year span. Dave Nelson
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Mike Brock <brockm@...>
Al Kresse writes:
"I am looking for the member who had access to Bituminous Coal shipments directions historical data out VA, WV, and KY carried by basically the C&O/N&W/Virginian (Pokey Roads) East to Tidewater (Hampton Roads) vs. West (midwest or Great Lakes ports). Early on it was basically all EAST and then it gradually shifted from going up the intercoastal waterways to the NE, to heading west and north to the industrial heartlands. So much so that at one time the Pennsy hard-coal shippers wanted a tariff to be put on cheap southern soft-coal." Al, as you are probably aware, Richard Prince summarized coal tonnage on the N&W for the year 1948 in his book Norfolk & Western Pochahontas Coal Carrier. On page 240, I summarize...of 52 million tons originated by N&W, 22 million went west by rail, 10 million went north into Great Lakes ports at Toledo and Sandusky, 10 million went east through Lamberts Point, 2.5 million went south, and the remainder went into Maryland and DC and Virginia itself. So, given that, fully 61% went west and north through Portsmouth. Mike Brock
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water.kresse@...
Mike,
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Thanks for the information. That is consistent with the other piecemeal C&O iformation information that I have. I'm really looking for the cross-over date. However, that it consistent was C&O Presque Isle coal loadings data that looks like it peaked just around 1960. That would be spelling bad news for the Virginian Rwy . . . which had its coal conveyor belt tuned especially for Tidewater. Al Kresse
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From: "Mike Brock" <brockm@brevard.net> Al Kresse writes: "I am looking for the member who had access to Bituminous Coal shipments directions historical data out VA, WV, and KY carried by basically the C&O/N&W/Virginian (Pokey Roads) East to Tidewater (Hampton Roads) vs. West (midwest or Great Lakes ports). Early on it was basically all EAST and then it gradually shifted from going up the intercoastal waterways to the NE, to heading west and north to the industrial heartlands. So much so that at one time the Pennsy hard-coal shippers wanted a tariff to be put on cheap southern soft-coal." Al, as you are probably aware, Richard Prince summarized coal tonnage on the N&W for the year 1948 in his book Norfolk & Western Pochahontas Coal Carrier. On page 240, I summarize...of 52 million tons originated by N&W, 22 million went west by rail, 10 million went north into Great Lakes ports at Toledo and Sandusky, 10 million went east through Lamberts Point, 2.5 million went south, and the remainder went into Maryland and DC and Virginia itself. So, given that, fully 61% went west and north through Portsmouth. Mike Brock
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Ray Breyer
Hi Dave,
The Mineral yearbooks are now all online at the Department of the Interior's website. They're huge files, but they CAN be downloaded. Ray Breyer Dave Nelson <Lake_Muskoka@att.net> wrote: al.kresse wrote: Folks,Al, check any major University library that's close by to you, as they might have a federal document depository. There you want to find a copy of the Minerals yearbook. A look at the copy I own (1950 edition) shows the Fed's did have bit coal production data going back to 1890 but in this volume the data by state only covers a 10 year span. Dave Nelson ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links
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