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Summit Hill, Pennsylvania, Images of America, Paperback
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand
- Unbranded
- MPN
- 9780738565002
- ISBN
- 9780738565002
- Book Title
- Summit Hill
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- Arcadia Publishing
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.3in
- Genre
- Photography, Technology & Engineering, Travel, History
- Topic
- Mining, Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Pictorials (See Also Photography / Subjects & Themes / Regional), United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, Pa)
- Item Width
- 6.5in
- Item Weight
- 0.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 128 Pages
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While walking along the top of Sharp Mountain in 1791, Philip Ginder kicked up a piece of black stone that turned out to be anthracite coal. This discovery paved the way for a million-dollar coal industry that thrived for more than a century and spawned the birth of Summit Hill. In early 1827, a nine-mile stretch of the Switchback Gravity Railroad was built for the purpose of hauling coal from Summit Hill to the Lehigh River in Mauch Chunk. By the end of the century, the Switchback was the number two tourist attraction in America, second only to Niagara Falls. Many of the early buildings are no longer standing, but thanks to postcards and photographers of the time, many images of Summit Hill's lost places have been preserved.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
ISBN-10
0738565008
ISBN-13
9780738565002
eBay Product ID (ePID)
74832812
Product Key Features
Book Title
Summit Hill
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Mining, Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Pictorials (See Also Photography / Subjects & Themes / Regional), United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, Pa)
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Photography, Technology & Engineering, Travel, History
Number of Pages
128 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.3in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
0.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
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Title: "Summit Hill" - a must read for local history buffs Author: David Wargo Publisher: Times News Date: 10/26/09 The book "Summit Hill" by new Summit Hill author Lee Mantz is a compendium of postcards and photographs that relate the early local history of the hilltop community. From its introduction that includes the short history of the borough through the last page the book contains more than a hundred images and captions that describe the early days of Summit Hill. Mantz spent hours researching information and background on the photographs and ephemera depicted in the book and the anecdotal captions tell the story behind the pictures. The book opens with an overview of the town, its layout and the patch towns that comprised it in the early days and how they evolved over the years. There are photographs of the park and different areas of what was to become the borough. In the next chapter, Mantz has included several photographs of various street views from the late 1800s through the early 1900s giving the reader not only a pictorial trip through the town but also relating valuable tidbits of information about its history. The next few chapters discuss many of the main parts of all small towns during the coal mining heyday including local businesses, schools and churches. The chapter on businesses not only includes pictures but also postcards and advertising ephemera from local shops. The school chapter has photographs of the buildings and many of local sports teams and group photographs. Where possible Mantz has identified as many persons as he could. No book on Summit Hill's history would be complete without mentioning the Switchback and Mantz has included several postcards, rare photographs and views of the historic railroad along with timetables and postcards of the first rollercoaster in America and the number two tourist attraction of the late 19th century. Another unique tourist attraction from the period was the burning mine. Summit Hill's strip mine caught fire in 1859 and lasted for more than 80 years. Mantz has several photographs of the inadvertent tourist attraction as well as the attempts over the years to extinguish it. He also includes several photographs on mining as it took place in the borough and the surrounding area including photographs of area mine tunnels, the dumping stations in Mauch Chunk as well as the planes used to transport coal up the mountain. Rounding out this wonderful volume are several assorted photographs that Mantz could not fit into other chapters as well as pictures of other local towns including Coaldale and Lansford. This book is an excellent and long overdue addition to the history books about Summit Hill and its collection of unusual and rare photographs from Mantz's collection, the Summit Hill Historical Society and other private collectors make this book a hidden treasure. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the local history of the town where anthracite was discovered and the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution. Mantz will be holding several book signings in the area including official launch at the Summit Hill Historical Society Museum at 12 E. Ludlow St in Summit Hill on Nov. 1st at 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Waldenbooks at the Laurel Mall, Hazleton on Saturday, Nov. 7th at 1 p.m., Mauch Chunk Museum at 14-16 W. Broadway in Jim Thorpe at 10 a.m. on November 14th and Sellers Books and Fine Arts at 101 Broadway in Jim Thorpe on Sunday November 15th.
Copyright Date
2009
Target Audience
Trade
Series
Images of America Ser.
Illustrated
Yes
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