Jeffrey Pit Car Loader   Save
Jeffrey Manufacturing Company Collection
Description: Pit car loader made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio in use at the Marion County Coal Company, Centralia, Illinois, 1926. The pit car loader greatly reduced the amount of manpower needed to load a pit coal car, meaning that more coal could be mined at a lower labor cost. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01474
Subjects: Mining machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Centralia (Illinois)