The ghost town of Barclay, in Franklin Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, was a coal mining town. Coal was transported down the mountain by a gravity powered incline plane rail system. There was a brake house at the top of Barclay Mountain. The loaded cars were attached to a cable that pulled the empty cars back up.

The southern portion of LeRoy and neighboring Franklin (originally Barclay) Townships are well known throughout Bradford County for its diverse history. Known as Barclay Mountain (after Robert Barclay of England who purchased the land in 1794), this region has been host to coal mining activities dating back to 1812.

The ghost town of Barclay, in Bradford Co., PA was a coal mining town, not a logging town. Coal was transported down the mountain by an incline plane rail system. To the best of my knowledge, the original location of the town was later obliterated by later strip mining operations.

LeRoy Heritage Museum in LeRoy, Pennsylvania, preserves the history of LeRoy, Canton, Granville, Laquin and Barclay Mountain in southwestern Bradford County.

Barclay was once a thriving mining town high in the mountains of northeastern PA. There are very few clues left to show that a town once existed there, but you can see the evidence if you know where to look.

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2004年2月9日 · To commemorate the 75 th Anniversary of the completion of the Barclay Railroad from Towanda, Pennsylvania, to one of the first Coal Fields developed in America; to the operators, early settlers and their descendants, and to all who made possible the success of Barclay, including Carbon Run, Fall Creek, Sand Run and Long Valley, these pager are ...

The ghost town of Barclay, in Franklin Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, was a coal mining town. Mapcarta, the open map.

Barclay is a populated place located within the Township of Franklin, a minor civil division (MCD) of Bradford County. Barclay appears on the Leroy U.S. Geological Survey Map. Bradford County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours).

The ghost town of Barclay, in Franklin Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, was a coal mining town. Coal was transported down the mountain by an incline plane rail system. The original location of the town was later obliterated by strip mining operations.