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Town of Colver, Colver, Cambria County, PA

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Town of Colver, Colver, Cambria County, PA

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Significance: The town of Colver was built between 1911 and 1921 by the Ebensburg Coal Company. The partners of the company, John H. Weaver and B. Dawson Coleman, named the town from a combination of their last names (Coleman and Weaver). Colver remains one of the most intact coal company-built towns in the region.
Survey number: HAER PA-329
Building/structure dates: 1910 Initial Construction

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Ebensburg Coal Company
Weaver, John Heisley
Coleman, B Dawson
Jencks, S H
Madrid, transmitter
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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