Before engines, they also had mules, once up the inclined plane, the coal carts were then transferred by Canal systems to Port Carbon, which allowed access to the river that goes on to Hamburg and Reading.
Mr. Woodsman, you're a member of my exploring abandoned (Pennsylvania) group on Facebook. I'll post information about the Mahanoy Plane that I got from a book. So check it out over there. Also, I have Reading Company Blueprints of the Mahanoy Plane. So sometime this spring I'll hunt them up and post them. The tunnel was used for a narrow gauge railroad. Thanks for posting this video.
Very interesting place. I come here to explore allot ( its near my workplace). cant wait to see what you find down hill. The small rooms are coal bins for the massive boilers. A train track used to be on top of them and they unloaded them here. I think the boxcars were used to store the coal ashes. Judge Domilakes gave some tours here and knows about this place. His brother manages the park next to it. Check out the images on the web to see what it looked like about 100 years ago. There is a film called Black Sunlight which features the valley below and when this place was operating! I would have loved to work here. I was told someones relative worked here, lost his legs when a train car broke free from the Barney, and three months later returned to work!!! The American attitude was allot more progressive than today. Watch out for needles laying around! This is a popular "party spot" unfortunetly . Love your videos and hope to meet you again at a future meet-up!!
Very nice thank you! It's a shame these are the ruins of old America from back in the industrial days when people had jobs. You are right too bad this can't be preserved for our history..
I’ve been to that tunnel but more interesting down that same path there’s this red thing banging I had no clue what it was and I was by myself so I left. I pinged it on my maps and want to go back to it.
The place is huge its like a big maze.. Imagine all the work n time it took to build it.. It cost a small fortune it build it today.. Enjoyed the video thanks
We used to hang out and play around there when we were kids, some 40 odd years ago. It was always very interesting to me.
What a great video! And yes it does look like a medieval castle! Thanks for sharing.
At the bottom of the plane, there is a shaft and some very cool rock structures past the railroad track at Railroad St.
A very cool building and outstanding video and ruins! Thanks so much ,Cliff. It does look very castle-like
I live here and I have been here before! It's super fun.
Before engines, they also had mules, once up the inclined plane, the coal carts were then transferred by Canal systems to Port Carbon, which allowed access to the river that goes on to Hamburg and Reading.
I love when cliff goes into these dark holes and tunnels
Thank you sharing your adventures!!
This could become a national historic site. It was one of the largest inclined planes in the world at the time.
I played here my entire childhood.....lived in frackville till 1977
Mr. Woodsman, you're a member of my exploring abandoned (Pennsylvania) group on Facebook. I'll post information about the Mahanoy Plane that I got from a book. So check it out over there. Also, I have Reading Company Blueprints of the Mahanoy Plane. So sometime this spring I'll hunt them up and post them. The tunnel was used for a narrow gauge railroad. Thanks for posting this video.
Very cool thing to explore! Neat you can do that but it's a shame people have tagged it.
Regardless of the lack of preservation, this place still amazed me. Thanks for sharing.
Cliff, what awesome and cool ruines! Really enjoyed your video.
Very interesting place. I come here to explore allot ( its near my workplace). cant wait to see what you find down hill. The small rooms are coal bins for the massive boilers. A train track used to be on top of them and they unloaded them here. I think the boxcars were used to store the coal ashes. Judge Domilakes gave some tours here and knows about this place. His brother manages the park next to it. Check out the images on the web to see what it looked like about 100 years ago. There is a film called Black Sunlight which features the valley below and when this place was operating! I would have loved to work here. I was told someones relative worked here, lost his legs when a train car broke free from the Barney, and three months later returned to work!!! The American attitude was allot more progressive than today. Watch out for needles laying around! This is a popular "party spot" unfortunetly . Love your videos and hope to meet you again at a future meet-up!!
Very nice thank you! It's a shame these are the ruins of old America from back in the industrial days when people had jobs. You are right too bad this can't be preserved for our history..
Been to Frackville a lot and I never knew that was there. Appreciate that you shared this adventure😊
Another great video. I was thinking tourist attraction too
I’ve been to that tunnel but more interesting down that same path there’s this red thing banging I had no clue what it was and I was by myself so I left. I pinged it on my maps and want to go back to it.
The place is huge its like a big maze.. Imagine all the work n time it took to build it.. It cost a small fortune it build it today.. Enjoyed the video thanks