| Birmingham Coal Company Railroad | |
|---|---|
| Locale | Allegheny County, Pennsylvania |
| Track gauge | 38 inches |
| Website | Map http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/i/image/image-idx?view=entry;cc=hopkins;entryid=x-20090330-hopkins-0026 |
The Birmingham Coal Company was a coal mining company in the Pittsburgh Coalfield area. [1] It operated mines along Becks Run, [2] as well as other mines south of the Monongahela River, such as the Bausman Mine and the American Mine. It is named for Birmingham, Pennsylvania, a town which was later annexed to Pittsburgh. Part of the company was the Birmingham Coal Company Railroad, a narrow gauge railroad that ran Along 21st street. Coal was transferred underground using a tailrope system from Spiketown to the mine entrance, and from there to the railroad on a gravity plane to the railroad.[3]