Midlothian’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Midlothian. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The village of Midlothian was the site of the Bowery iron furnaces. These were two coal-fired furnaces built in 1868 by Cumberland Coal and Iron. There was a source of carbonate iron ore on the hill to the northeast, tapped by a tram road. Limestone was available from a hill to the east. The furnaces produced pig iron, and operated from 1874 to 1880. The pig iron was shipped by rail on the C&P via a spur line off the main. The product went to Cumberland.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Midlothian’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo4 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewConsolidation Coal Company Mine N…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Midlothian
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Midlothian, decade by decade
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Nothing in Midlothian is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Midlothian has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Hocking House in Frostburg, 2.2 miles away.
Midlothian and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 11, East side of State Route 936 and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1) and the Library of Congress (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.