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References
- ↑ Virtual Museum of Coal Mining in Western Pennsylvania
- ↑ "Works at Becks Run" (illustration). Retrieved 2009-01-03.
- ↑ "H.B. Hays & Bro, Works at Six Mile Ferry" (illustration). Retrieved 2009-01-03.
- ↑ "The Incline Builders" . Retrieved 2009-05-22.
