Coal Impact on the Cumberland Transportation Hub

Name: Coal Impact on the Cumberland Transportation Hub
Start: 2026-08-22T13:30:00-04:00
End: 2026-08-22T15:30:00-04:00
Location: ACHS History Discovery Center at Blue Spring

Schedule

Sat Aug 22 2026 at 01:30 pm to 03:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

ACHS History Discovery Center at Blue Spring | Cumberland, MD

Dave Williams will lead a discussion about the importance of west county mineral extraction as a driving force in creating Cumberland’s Cana
About this Event

Coal Impact on the Cumberland Transportation Hub
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22nd 1:30-3:30 PM

Made possible by the Allegany County Historical Society
400 North Mechanic Street • Cumberland

ACHS President and Eckhart area native Dave Williams will lead a discussion about the importance of west county mineral extraction as a driving force in creating Cumberland’s Canal Basin. The development of this early multi-modal transportation hub can be traced back to Maryland’s 1836 Hughes Report and even earlier assembly of land and coal rights anticipating coal distribution through Cumberland.