Reading Anthracite Company
- Reading Anthracite Company
Reading Anthracite Company is a coal mining company based in Pottsville, Pennsylvania in the United States. It mainly mines anthracite coal in the Coal Region of eastern Pennsylvania.
History
Reading Anthracite Company; origins date back to 1871 when its predecessor, the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company (P. & R. C.& I.) was chartered. As a large publicly traded concern, P. & R. C. & I. had diverse industrial interests which revolved primarily around its main business of railroading. P. & R. C. & I. changed its corporate title in 1956 to The Philadelphia & Reading Corporation, of which Reading Anthracite Company was one of its many operating divisions. In 1961, Philadelphia & Reading Corporation divested itself of its anthracite coal interests, selling the Reading Anthracite company to its present owners.
External links
* [http://www.readinganthracite.com/ Reading Anthracite Company website]
* [http://digital.hagley.org/cdm4/index_p268001coll24.php?CISOROOT=/p268001coll24 Historic Images of Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company at the Hagley Library Digital Archives]
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