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Nanty Glo Slagger: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 06/29/2007 - 10:34pm.
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1937. Salvaging coal from the slag heap at Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania. Coal pickers get 10 cents for each hundred-pound sack or two dollars a ton. One man can make from 10 to 20 sacks a day. View full size. Photograph by Ben Shahn.
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Submitted by MacKenzie Kavanaugh on Thu, 10/04/2007 - 3:13am.
'tho the coal mines have been shut down for many years, this slag heap is still a large, looming presence in this delightful little town.
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