Invention and Engineering

Eckley Brinton Coxe

Eckley Brinton Coxe (June 4, 1839 – May 13, 1895) was an American mining engineer, coal baron, inventor, industrialist, state senator, and philanthropist from Pennsylvania. He was a co-founder of the Coxe Brothers and Company coal mining operation, which became one of the largest independent producers of anthracite coal in the United States. Through his mining, railroad, manufacturing, and landholding interests, Coxe became one of the most influential coal operators in the Pennsylvania anthracite region during the late nineteenth century. As a leading anthracite coal operator, Coxe was a prominent opponent of organized labor and played a significant role in defeating union efforts during the prolonged anthracite strike of 1887–1888. Coxe was instrumental in the formation of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, which began as a mining school in 1865, and founded the Institute of Miners and Mechanics in 1879. He served as president of the American Institute of Mining Engineers from 1878 to 1880 and of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers from 1893 to 1894. He was granted more than 100 patents related to mining and industrial technology. He served as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 21st district from 1881 to 1884.

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