Port Carbon Historical

Port Carbon Historical This page is dedicated to the history of Port Carbon. I'd like to see interesting history/stories along with photographs related to our Borough.

January 1944. Anyone know these two? :)
12/29/2024

January 1944. Anyone know these two? :)

Anyone remember when the circus came to town? Here is a view of what most of us know as Mirawal Playground (at the time...
12/27/2023

Anyone remember when the circus came to town? Here is a view of what most of us know as Mirawal Playground (at the time Salem Hill ballfield) in 1952.

Post Card Available on Ebay. Notice buildings behind the Hose house. The first one was the Port Carbon jail.
10/09/2023

Post Card Available on Ebay. Notice buildings behind the Hose house. The first one was the Port Carbon jail.

1952 Port Carbon Playground. Later renamed John L. Miller Playground. Activity on developing this playground began in 1...
07/20/2023

1952 Port Carbon Playground. Later renamed John L. Miller Playground. Activity on developing this playground began in 1947-48 when a group of community leaders came together to begin work on this park. Lawrence Riegel, Sr. from Cherry Street, headed this effort and by 1952 the playground was opened. Land was secured from the Reading Company and Liberty Oil Company.

Thank you Scott Krater .. Top: Port Carbon Class of 1936 reunion picture.Bottom: Port carbon Class of 1942 reunion pictu...
02/26/2023

Thank you Scott Krater ..

Top: Port Carbon Class of 1936 reunion picture.
Bottom: Port carbon Class of 1942 reunion picture.

Newspaper clippings about Joseph Tolan who was a returned Prisoner of War during the Korean War. Thanks Bucky Herndon f...
02/23/2023

Newspaper clippings about Joseph Tolan who was a returned Prisoner of War during the Korean War. Thanks Bucky Herndon for sharing.

1950s(?) Back row Larry Major and Charlie McBreen. Front row? Can anyone identify?
02/22/2023

1950s(?) Back row Larry Major and Charlie McBreen. Front row? Can anyone identify?

1950s (?) Front row, Larry Major, Unk, Charlie McBreen. Back row, UNK. Can anyone identify the other two?
02/22/2023

1950s (?) Front row, Larry Major, Unk, Charlie McBreen. Back row, UNK. Can anyone identify the other two?

The Port Carbon Class of 1940 at their 35th reunion in 1975. Can you identify any of them?
02/22/2023

The Port Carbon Class of 1940 at their 35th reunion in 1975. Can you identify any of them?

Taken in the early 1980s before they ripped up the railroad tracks and about 15 years before they started work on the pr...
06/20/2022

Taken in the early 1980s before they ripped up the railroad tracks and about 15 years before they started work on the present Yuengling Brewery facility at Mill Creek. This view is taken from atop the Mill Creek Bridge looking south toward Port Carbon.

It's that time of the year so I thought I'd post a few commencement related images from Port Carbon from a few years bac...
05/29/2022

It's that time of the year so I thought I'd post a few commencement related images from Port Carbon from a few years back. Enjoy. Look for familiar names.

04/24/2022

I'm a model truck builder and would like to build a model truckreminiscent of Robert Bazley Riggings from the 60-70 's they were located where Penn Equipment is now would you have any photos that I can see what the logo looked like? Vince Putt.

Anyone able to help Vince out?

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