Discharging and Storage Plant at Providence, Rhode Island

Identifier:
001851
Title:
Discharging and Storage Plant at Providence, Rhode Island
Description:
Seaconnet Coal Co., Sprague's New River Coal, discharging and storage plant at Providence, R.I. This plant covers between nine and ten acres and is directly connected by yard tracks with the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and with all the trolley lines entering Providence, over which coal is carried to the suburban mills. At the pier is one of the White Oak Transportation Company's whaleback barges discharging New River Coal.
Subjects:
Coal Mines and Mining--Coal Transportation--Facilities., Coal preparation plants--Rhode Island--Providence.
Corporate Names:
Seaconnet Coal Company.
Acquisition Source:
Craigo, Robert
Acquisition Method:
Acquired
Medium:
print
Projects:
West Virginia History OnView