tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048678732955919447.post6167501553452775348..comments2024-03-18T13:45:32.457-04:00Comments on Old Industry of Southwestern Pennsylvania : Marianna Mine and Coke WorksCoke Oven Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00793208285590253080noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048678732955919447.post-57298849185110968022020-03-04T09:59:39.172-05:002020-03-04T09:59:39.172-05:00Hello there - coming to Marianna to film for a doc...Hello there - coming to Marianna to film for a documentary. Would anyone be able to tell me more about this area and maybe be able to show us around? Thanks <br />Natalia Robinsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048678732955919447.post-48030335067506870072016-11-16T11:49:00.741-05:002016-11-16T11:49:00.741-05:00I'm not sure who's using them. There were ...I'm not sure who's using them. There were vehicles parked at them the last time I was down there.Coke Oven Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00793208285590253080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048678732955919447.post-2265157154187125592016-11-16T11:42:23.590-05:002016-11-16T11:42:23.590-05:00Who is still using those buildings? I thought they...Who is still using those buildings? I thought they were abandoned?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048678732955919447.post-85429134535564184012016-10-24T12:55:55.906-04:002016-10-24T12:55:55.906-04:00Great! I didn't realize that. What's the p...Great! I didn't realize that. What's the plan that they may be in service soon?Coke Oven Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00793208285590253080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048678732955919447.post-88214541766917940462016-10-24T03:34:40.603-04:002016-10-24T03:34:40.603-04:00The train tracks are not abandoned, their in out o...The train tracks are not abandoned, their in out of serviced status. And if all goes well, they might be back in service some day soon. Leonardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00786847826902519842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048678732955919447.post-44504283190369415382016-10-24T03:30:50.667-04:002016-10-24T03:30:50.667-04:00The train tracks are not abandoned, their in out o...The train tracks are not abandoned, their in out of serviced status. And if all goes well, they might be back in service some day soon. Leonardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00786847826902519842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048678732955919447.post-4507097917362538742016-06-23T18:15:13.381-04:002016-06-23T18:15:13.381-04:00Hi! Thank you. Yes, I would be interested in seein...Hi! Thank you. Yes, I would be interested in seeing that. I was planning on coming down for the community festival on July 9. Maybe I can catch up with you then? Thanks for commenting!Coke Oven Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00793208285590253080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048678732955919447.post-86665430209676363122016-06-16T20:58:57.220-04:002016-06-16T20:58:57.220-04:00I lived at 517 3rd street from 1952 thru oct 1962....I lived at 517 3rd street from 1952 thru oct 1962. I am part of the fetsko coal miner family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048678732955919447.post-4044547947557912362016-05-15T18:00:55.583-04:002016-05-15T18:00:55.583-04:00I was born in Marianna and still here but I never ...I was born in Marianna and still here but I never worked in the mine. My father and brother did. Only last week I took a couple of people to see the 2 sets of different ovens. The tunnel showing in your drawing is still there that was used for the hot exhaust gases. When I was young we also used to play in these tunnels. There was only one cave in then but now there are 2 and you can still go inside and that's where I took the couple. Next time your in Marianna I would be glad to show you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048678732955919447.post-64826654490739654422015-01-18T12:47:25.356-05:002015-01-18T12:47:25.356-05:00Great story. Thank you. If I do go back there I wi...Great story. Thank you. If I do go back there I will look for that wax. Coke Oven Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00793208285590253080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048678732955919447.post-82020995168273617522015-01-16T21:02:07.442-05:002015-01-16T21:02:07.442-05:00I grew up in Marianna, born there in 1952. my fath...I grew up in Marianna, born there in 1952. my father and all my uncles and all my neighbors all worked in mine #58. we played all over and all around the mine and in those coke ovens. and if you ever go back there again and if it is still safe to get in some of those ovens, look for melted candle residue on the walls. Me and my pals use to investigate and hang out in them every summer when school was out back in the later 1950's. we would place the candles on the wall edges and space them out all lit in the tunnels so we could see and walk up to about 200 yards before we would come to a caved in section. sometimes we would crawl on our bellies over the cave in and continue on .The mine didn't work 7 days a week then and with no one around to deter us, we investigated just about every place we could get to around the buildings and tipple and main shaft. I am 63 yrs. old now and long since moved away from Marianna due to the lack of work there, but I always think of those years growing up there. People now would think I am crazy for thinking it, but those lean years of being part of a coal miners family were the best years of my life. A whole different life style for sure. I know my parents didn't think so because of the lean times but I look back and think it was the greatest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048678732955919447.post-84641137507052070622014-12-14T22:13:31.312-05:002014-12-14T22:13:31.312-05:00One other interesting railroad item, now gone, was...One other interesting railroad item, now gone, was Conrail's block limit or station sign Mary that was at the north end of the railroad yard at Mine 58. It was still there in the mid-1990's after the Marianna Branch was shut down since the late 1980's.<br />Eric JohnsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048678732955919447.post-33265680341052055422014-12-14T22:00:57.114-05:002014-12-14T22:00:57.114-05:00I photographed the sign from the highway, across t...I photographed the sign from the highway, across the creek. The Chartiers Southern right of way is quite visible from just north of Marianna north through Eighty-Four, PA area. Also some of right of way is visible in (I think) in North or South Strabane Townships. Most of the line was graded, some track laid, never really saw any traffic. Also, old bridge piers of the line are visible in Clarksville, PA.<br />Eric JohnsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048678732955919447.post-45183558014456079762014-12-14T18:44:33.435-05:002014-12-14T18:44:33.435-05:00Hey Eric! That sign is still there. I saw it when ...Hey Eric! That sign is still there. I saw it when I was looking for a way in but forgot to go back and photograph it. I didn't get north of town but am definitely interested in that right of way. Certainly another item for investigation. I'll have to look into that. Thanks!!Coke Oven Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00793208285590253080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048678732955919447.post-53355561582866913432014-12-14T16:35:02.359-05:002014-12-14T16:35:02.359-05:00Nice set of pics and write up Mike. The railroad ...Nice set of pics and write up Mike. The railroad is still owned by Norfolk Southern and the tracks are still extant (but heavily brush covered) from Marianna north to Cokeburg Jct. Much of the track is welded rail. Last time I was in Marianna there was a Bethlehem Steel Mine #58 sign, did you happen to notice it? The last thing identifying the property of the old mine.<br />If you were north of town, did you notice the abandoned right of way of the old Chartiers Southern RR? Another item for investigation!<br />Eric JohnsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048678732955919447.post-66684476371580796042014-12-14T11:25:39.957-05:002014-12-14T11:25:39.957-05:00Great set of photos mike, keep it up.Great set of photos mike, keep it up.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901180442667154540noreply@blogger.com