2. Old Photographs of the Region

Old Shamokin Views

This album is for general photos of Shamokin. Features Sunbury and Water streets, the Fifth Ward, Christmas scenes and the area of Sixth Street. **Businesses have their own album...Questions, contact l_deklinski@yahoo.com.
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Cameron Colliery- First operational in the 1800s, over 33 million tons of coal was mined here. Over 200 miners lost their lives here. (For more coal photos, go to "Old Mining" album.)
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Cameron Colliery- First operational in the 1800s, over 33 million tons of coal was mined here. Over 200 miners lost their lives here. (For more coal photos, go to "Old Mining" album.)

  • (March 1960) Thomas Smith, of 219 S. Diamond St., walks along Lincoln Street.
  • Woman and baby on Water Street in Shamokin.
  • (1966) Water Street and the snow.
  • (Dec. 1955) Lincoln Street in Shamokin.
  • (1961) Shamokin Street in the snow.
  • *Low Res* Cameron Bridge- This is a small reproduction photo of what I can assume was a print from a glass negative. It shows just the covered bridge and the trolley bridge. The Cameron Colliery is pictured in the background.
  • The Cameron Bridge- J. Roy Barr and Samuel May stand on the Cameron Bridge after an inspection of new heavy plank flooring. Just behind them is a horse pulling a carriage negotiating "the turn"at the Second Street Bridge. Also pictured, at right, is a bridge frame that held the trolley line.
  • (1950 or 51) Work on the Cameron Bridge.
  • (1959) Cameron Bridge painters.
  • (1959) Cameron Bridge painters.
  • (1959) Cameron Bridge painters.
  • Four bridges!!! The Cameron and Second Street bridges, another next to the Cameron Bridge for trolleys, and a covered bridge for horses that crosses Shamokin Creek. (Note: the original of this is a glass negative. No, I do not own it.)
  • The covered bridge is gone, but the other three can be clearly seen.
  • Cameron Colliery- First operational in the 1800s, over 33 million tons of coal was mined here. Over 200 miners lost their lives here. (For more coal photos, go to "Old Mining" album.)
  • (02.21.1909) Unknown building near Cameron Bridge in 1909. The Covered Bridge appears to be gone in this photo.
  • (1905) The Cameron Bridge in 1905.
  • Cameron Colliery
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  • [Photo right] The Cameron and Second Street bridges are seen here from present day Rt. 225.
  • You can't see the bridges in this photo, but you can see the Glen Burn Bank. This is now a private road, locally called "Mile Road."
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