Coal Cars Loading at McIntyre Tipple
At the
tipple, railroad cars were filled with coal and were then transported to markets and sold.
During World War II, coal was a vital natural resource used in the war effort.
Indiana County coal statistics for the war years, by date and tonnage follows:
| 1942 | 9,057,812 |
| 1943 | 9,469,781 |
| 1944 | 10,622,724 |
| 1945 | 9,756,653 |
Clarence D. Stephenson, Indiana County, 175th Anniversary
History, vol. 2
(Indiana, Pennsylvania: Halldin Publishing, Company, 1989), 559.
Photo: courtesy Ed Swan collection.