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Coal tipple and Monongahela River, Fayette City, Pennsylvania

Subjects
Mining & QuarryingRivers & StreamsWaterfronts & Harbors
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of Coal tipple and Monongahela River, Fayette City, Pennsylvania, c. 1915 linen postcard
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Back of Coal tipple and Monongahela River, Fayette City, Pennsylvania, c. 1915 linen postcard
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About this subject

View along the Monongahela River at Fayette City, Pennsylvania, showing a large red coal tipple loading barges, with railroad tracks and industrial buildings along the shore, and a town and wooded hills across the river.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Arr. home ok. have had a fine time in Detroit. Everyone is feeling fine out here. Dave.

PublisherI. Robbins & Son
VIEW OF COAL TIPPLE AND MONONGAHELA RIVER, FAYETTE CITY, PA. RIVER COAL FAYETTE CITY, PA. --- FOR WRITING MESSAGES. POST CARD THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS A-69464 PUBLISHED BY I. ROBBINS & SON, PITTSBURGH, PA. MADE IN U.S.A. IR & Son PITTSBURGH PA
Stamp
Addressed to
John Thomas

Radley, Kansas

Postcard record

ConditionGood
Place addressedJohn Thomas, Radley, KS
Place depictedFayette City, PA
Place depictedMonongahela River, PA
PublisherPittsburgh, PA
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
NotesWhite border; linen texture; light edge wear and spotting. Postmark: NEW WEL[?] 5 PM 1924. Divided-back white-border lithograph card; publisher imprint I. Robbins & Son, Pittsburgh, PA. Light toning and edge wear; stamp slightly torn at lower right.

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Coal tipple and Monongahela River, Fayette City, Pennsylvania, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/coal-tipple-and-monongahela-river-fayette-city-pennsylvania. Accessed October 5, 2026.