The Hard Coal Navy: Dredging the Susquehanna for Black Gold

For much of the 20th century, the Susquehanna River did something no river should ever have…

Safe Harbor Coal Washing Plant: Turning Susquehanna Silt into Electricity

The Susquehanna River once powered industry in a way that sounds almost unbelievable today. At Holtwood…

Scraping the Bottom: Dredging for Coal on the Susquehanna

The 1948 pamphlet 'Scrapping the Bottom' insists, "You can't call the Susquehanna a lazy river," as…

A Brief History of ‘Black Diamond’ Dredging on the Susquehanna

Believe it or not, between the early 1900s and 1972, there were numerous coal dredging operations…