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Lewis Wickes Hine — The Mines Today By Cables (Electric Driven). This Is The Power Room Of A Pennsylvania Coal Mine

Lewis Wickes Hine

The Mines Today By Cables (Electric Driven). This Is The Power Room Of A Pennsylvania Coal Mine

1930

Modernization of coal mining technology is celebrated in this view of an electric-powered control room. The photograph documents the industry's evolution from dangerous manual labor toward mechanized operations.

Medium
Gelatin silver print

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