Colliery Whistle
date: label: date made
content: 1900 - 1950
notes: label: Description
content: This colliery whistle was used in Carbon County region of Pennsylvania during the 20th century. In mining towns the whistle would sound to signal shift changes, if the steam whistle sounded unexpectedly it likely mean that an accident or shutdown had occurred.
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content: Work and Industry: Mining
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content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: John J. Cassler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MN-9401
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MN-9401
label: accession number
content: 272081
objectType: label: Object Name
content: colliery steam whistle