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Giant coal dumper



From Edison films catalog: Shows how a full carload of coal is loaded into a vessel every thirty seconds at the great Erie Railroad docks, Cleveland, Ohio. Great clouds of coal dust rise as each car is unloaded.                                              
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Video Information
Year: 1897
Genre: Historical
Keywords: Coal--Ohio--Cleveland--Transportation; Coal-handling machinery--Ohio--Cleveland; Dump cars; Coal-carrying vessels--Ohio--Cleveland; Erie and Cleveland Railroad; Coaling--Ohio--Cleveland; Railroads--Ohio; Docks--Ohio--Cleveland; Cleveland (Oh.); Actuality;
Duration: 00:00:39
Color: No
Sound: No
Amount of Motion: Medium
Language: English
Sponsor: Thomas Edison
Contributing Organization: Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division
Transcript Available: No

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Digitizing Organization: Library of Congress

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