Carl Oblinger interviews Robert A. Arnold discussing his railroad work, recreation activities at Mt. Gretna, baseball teams, his family of origin, iron mine supervisors and workers, recruitment of workers, mine operations, and core sampling. Arnold was a railroad station master, freight agent, and telegraph operator.
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Cornwall, Lebanon, PA
Arnold is interviewed during the dates of 6/24/1981 and 7/9/1981. The interview is a part of an oral history project documenting the lives of people associated with industrial work in the area of Cornwall, PA. The project primarily focuses on the Bethlehem Steel Corporation’s iron ore mining operations.
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