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Jack Devando and Nick Mottillo | Tour-Ed Coal Mine and Museum
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\nOn episode 4 of the podcast, curator Jamie Stoner of the Allegheny-Kiski Valley Historical Society and Heritage Museum talks with Jack Devando and Nick Mottillo, former coal miners turned public historians and tour guides at Tour-Ed Coal Mine and Museum in Tarentum, Pennsylvania.
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\nPresent-day Tour-Ed Mine began as early as 1850, feeding coal to the region\u2019s iron and steel industries. \xa0In the 1970s, mine owner Ira Wood closed the mine and devoted its existence to local industrial history education. \xa0Since the mine became an interactive museum, it has accommodated more than a million visitors.
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\nThis episode was recorded August 13, 2016 in Tarentum, Pennsylvania. Host: Jamie Stoner.\xa0 Guest: Jack DeVando, Nick Melito.\xa0 Audiography: Kevin Farkas, Bryan Chemini.\xa0 Music: Siren (\u201cLet You Know\u201d), Shoreline (\u201cWeeks\u201d), Alexander White (\u201cWhat We Saw\u201d), Aleksey Chistilin (\u201cSunday\u201d), Walker Winn (\u201cI Am A Pilgrim\u201d) available at Soundcloud.com.\xa0 Other sound: Roadtrippers.com (\u201cAt the Tour-Ed Coal Mine Museum you'll descend half a mile underground\u201d), available on YouTube.com. \xa0\xa92017 Alle-Kiski Chronicle Podcast/TSVP. All rights reserved.
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