Fisk Metallic Burial Cases and the Old Catholic Cemetery
It is, perhaps, one of the most popular photographs in the W.C. Brown Collection — especially this time of year, when ghouls and goblins are rumored to roam freely on the eve of All Saints Day.
“1896 — These iron coffins, resembling Egyptian mummy cases were found in the old Catholic cemetery near the old Reyman brewery. As Wheeling was an iron city, it is likely that they were made here. They were used in England and Germany during the 19th century.”
-W.C. Brown
Standing sentinel, high on a high hill, a mummified iron casket keeps watch over a fallen friend in the abandoned cemetery. Propped stiffly against empty burial vault walls, all that remains of what was once entombed inside is an empty black face that peers eerily out towards East Wheeling. Read More
