I Love your videos, you make me feel as though I am there. I cannot believe how fast trees and vegetation grow there. in Wales, it would take much longer to become overgrown. Thank you.
Hey thanks for showing the way in. I stood at the back of that park a couple months ago, and didn't even see ruins, let alone a way to get there. But! I found the trail and now I'm here. 👍
Thanks so much for these videos of the Mahanoy Plane. Living in Mahanoy City I always wanted to look for the remains. You provided an excellent tour from my lazy boy hahaha. Coal dirt is in my veins from my great grandfather, grandfather and father working for the UMWA. Thanks again!!!!
Wow! Once again you have both educated and entertained us. Thanks Cliff! I am trying to make my way back through all of your vidoes. I find it interesting that places, such as along the steps and narrow walk, it appears that there was no 'wall' and seems 'open' to below. Realizing it's old, but the stonework looks flat. What an awesome explore! Be safe
Wow such an awful lot to see. It’s a shame people think it’s okay to dump rubbish. You were like a little boy in a sweet shop. Just loved that. The stonework was lovely . Thanks for taking me along
I went exploring around there a few years ago. Further down there was more concrete ruins, and I think even a mine entrance. Interesting area and nice video!
Half way down the incline there used to be a tunnel that went under the plane. We called it Frankensteins cave. It was a narrow gauge railroad that went from a mine to the west and to the east was the St.Laurence Colliery which is below the plane house..
The rail road stopped using it in 1932 upon completion of their new condo in the valley But they maintained it up until 1976 it was fully functional at time
I had read what an engineering feat this was to accomplish. Shame it was not preserved by the Historical Society or someone. It seems like it goes on forever! Those train cars looked massive. I had never seen them from that viewpoint. Thanks for taking us with you. So much history right there in people's backyard. I wonder how many have actually checked it out?
Wow and it ran for almost 70 years. There's a great history with photos at the anthracite coal history website. To think this was just maybe a 2 hour drive from where I grew up in Lancaster. Have you checked in to the Knox Mine Disaster? It's up by Pittston along the Susquehanna and occurred I believe in 1958 or 59. The river was swallowed up by a big hole in the bed that flooded the mine and killed some men. There's a memorial there. Greg
the wall at the beginning was beautiful that building is massive how did they get the train cars in the woods? so far i think this is your best video and my favorite!
@6:12 - looks downright treacherous. Better be sure-footed for treks like that. That whole area looks like a dangerous place to be wandering around, especially after dark. My buddy's Grandparents are from Frackville, I'll have to get the "poop" on this place from him one of these days. Nice post, WW
Great video. Subscribed. There's a place along I-81 going up close to Hazleton PA. Looks like a huge pole with a bunch of vehicles impaled on it. What is the story behind it?
Here's a link to the page I found(article is from 2015) about this place complete with a lot of historical photos of it. anthracitecoalregion.com/2015/01/07/a-plane-engineering-feat-facts-photos-and-film-of-the-mahanoy-plane/
Great work ..I strongly suggest you buy and carry a take down 9 mm carbine and a large combat knife if you go on these excursions in case of 4 legged or 2 legged predators..SERIOUSLY ..GREAT WORK and DEDICATION to forgotten history..I LOVE watching your videos..BE SAFE
i hiked the mahanoy plane after your video. great footage...but you should walk down the rest of the plane and explore the remains of the lawrence colliery. love to watch your videos and discover new places to explore....A+++!!!....check out my train AND BACKYARD RAILROAD 80, 90, and 95. made form the "frackville incline" shown on a u tuber video. be safe.....bee season soon over
those ruins look a lot like the ruins on the ironton rail trial. there's some pretty cool buildings there i believe one was a mill of some sort. if you look for mile marker 3.5 right around the american legion area in houkandauqa, its in that vicinity. in case your in that area to do a video on that.
You've probably already found this webpage, but there's a very good collection of information on the plane at: anthracitecoalregion.com/2015/01/07/a-plane-engineering-feat-facts-photos-and-film-of-the-mahanoy-plane/ The long building would have been the boiler house (those chutes in the wall were probably ash dumps) while the area behind that would have been where the hoisting engines and equipment were. Good video.
I'm from Frackville. We explored that area countless times in the 60's. One of the interesting things was the wooden steps that went from Mahanoy Plane to the top of the mountain. They were mostly deteriorated back then and no longer exist.
Judging by this postcard from a website article I just found about the Mahanoy Plane, it looks like that big, long building you were exploring inside of the different parts of was possibly the engine room. anthracitecoalregion.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/mahanoyplanepostcard2.jpg
I watched your videos in lansford coal mine ruins and you missed all the good stuff in this area. I live in lansford and I know we're all the really good stuff is that you missed. . If you want to come back this way and make a collaborative video I'll take you into an old mine and show you some awesome stuff you missed . I know this whole area very well. Just let me know
It would be a fun place to camp if you clean all that shite out of there, rake up all those wet leaves, sprinkle some floor dry where necessary, construct safety railing around dangerous ledges, and set up some torch lit passages, topless women w/baskets of fruit, portable guitar amps, hamlet recitals ect.
I asked so many people this maybe you know the answer. Was PA under the ocean through the whole prehistoric period or was any dinosaur bones ever discovered? I mean reptilian or land dinosaurs? The only fossils I ever see are those cockroach ones with many segments
