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Coal Mine Hoist
Franklin, Kansas
Historical Marker Database · William Fischer, Jr.
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This coal mine hoist, dating from circa the late 1800s to the early 1900s, had cables on its drum that were used to raise and lower coal cars from the mine, and it was moved from Chicopee to its present location on July 19, 2012.
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