tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70486787329559194472024-03-23T06:14:17.617-04:00Old Industry of Southwestern Pennsylvania Old coke ovens, mining and other abandoned industries throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania.Coke Oven Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00793208285590253080noreply@blogger.comBlogger195125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048678732955919447.post-89777557656999632412023-11-12T13:43:00.000-05:002023-11-12T13:57:50.237-05:00Derry No. 2 Mine and Coke Works/Red Shaft<p style="text-align: center;"><b> </b><b> </b><b><span style="color: white;">Almost ten years to the day, and I finally got a chance to explore the Derry No.2/ Red Shaft Coke Works. The last time I </span></b><span style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: white;">posted anything about these ovens was <a href="http://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2013/11/red-shaft-coke-works.html">November 30, 2013</a>. I guess good things come to those who wait. Recently I was offered an opportunity to get out here and I just couldn't pass it up. Unfortunately, these ovens are most likely all going to be removed. However, a few of them might remain. There are a handful that remain intact, the rest are in varying states of decay. The intact ovens with the retaining walls and fronts do have a chance of being kept for posterity. All of this is undecided and only time will tell. Let's hope for the best. </span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><b>O</b><b>verall, it is an interesting site, as they all are. These ovens really didn't have a long lifespan. Constructed by Derry Coal and Coke </b><b>Company, Derry No. 2 first appeared as a new mine in the 1903 reports as "a new shaft opening into the Pittsburgh Seam and was in favorable condition. The ventilation was produced by radiation by steam. A ventilation fan was in course of erection and almost completed; this when in operation will greatly improve the ventilation". It is listed as having a total of 15 employees (inside and outside) for this year. </b><b>This is also one of those "off years" on the mining reports that only list the number of ovens by the company, rather than the individual mines. Derry No. 1 would always be the flagship of the two, and there are 274 ovens listed for that year. </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><b>I</b><b>n 1904 we still have 274 ovens at both of the mines combined. Derry No.2's "condition was favorable. The ventilation has been improved by the erection of a ventilating fan of the Guibal type, size 20x6 feet. This mine has recently been connected with the Derry mine by a pair of entries." The last sentence already hints at this coke works impending demise. </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white;">1905 gives us more insight. Derry No. 2 is listed as having 50 ovens, and Derry No. 1 is listed with 224. So that clears up the last two years. There would never be more ovens added to Derry No. 2 than the original 50. Derry No. 1 would continue to expand. Derry No. 2 was simply listed as "in good condition" that year. More importantly is the new ownership by the Latrobe-Connellsville Coal and Coke Company....</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white;">Mathias Saxman was one of the who's who of this portion of Westmoreland County. His great grandfather, Christopher Saxman, emigrated from Wittenberg, Germany in 1764. He settled along the Loyalhanna Creek near present day Latrobe, where he operated one of the earliest flour mills in this region. Mathias (born November 22, 1836), named after is grandfather, Christopher's son, was the only child of Peter and Barbara (Butt) Saxman. He was a farmer until he was 35 years old, at which time he started purchasing coal lands in the Latrobe and Derry areas. He first organized the Saxman Coal and Coke Company, followed by the Derry Coal and Coke Company. He controlled these companies for 18 years. He then organized the Superior Coal and Coke Company with the Hon. George F. Huff (well known for his Greensburg coal companies as well as his namesake Hufftown, South Greensburg) and the Latrobe-Connellsville Coal and Coke Company. In June 1905, all of these companies were brought under one umbrella and became Latrobe-Connellsville Coal and Coke Company. (This is a very rough sketch of Mathias Saxman and there is a much more detailed biography written in "History of Westmoreland County Pennsylvania - Genealogical Memoirs - Vol. III - John W. Jordan, LL.D., 1906")</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwI7iMfT-7uq9vNOczcxf_hasuLSYWusWuOTeU5sT9H6Q0aRXsFU7AZjBYqVqT-KG0YFUj4zGEQwEUMOBQ4AvuJIM-j5Xj3d1nN4xRIk9tgwsSe2bx56OJDGRxAhqLX7WkKGO9yTMgO8efwJ_Le2rrxDFLptV80qPfVLaRIDcouWKD60zPcHT_rWOU9C0/s3895/img205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3895" data-original-width="2552" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwI7iMfT-7uq9vNOczcxf_hasuLSYWusWuOTeU5sT9H6Q0aRXsFU7AZjBYqVqT-KG0YFUj4zGEQwEUMOBQ4AvuJIM-j5Xj3d1nN4xRIk9tgwsSe2bx56OJDGRxAhqLX7WkKGO9yTMgO8efwJ_Le2rrxDFLptV80qPfVLaRIDcouWKD60zPcHT_rWOU9C0/w421-h640/img205.jpg" width="421" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white;">Cabinet photo of Mathias Saxman, I purchased earlier this year at the Miller's Crossing Fleatique in Irwin.</span></b></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWKKJm-VdUJZV9AXbK4_OfeDRuCL8uH0CZFgf5cjp-rKZ1gZAMK4-qRqsXBf1_ONfCzOio-9WgKzQlUmCe3cwy0DieMo9fNcY0tKFVwRKvUphrzKCs8RT199TZzlPOcx5kmOd3zKALj8p0ossoqJCXVVuxw-JTrc6j67T67Eax21AYckKj203qV8OTgJc/s3840/img206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="2592" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWKKJm-VdUJZV9AXbK4_OfeDRuCL8uH0CZFgf5cjp-rKZ1gZAMK4-qRqsXBf1_ONfCzOio-9WgKzQlUmCe3cwy0DieMo9fNcY0tKFVwRKvUphrzKCs8RT199TZzlPOcx5kmOd3zKALj8p0ossoqJCXVVuxw-JTrc6j67T67Eax21AYckKj203qV8OTgJc/w432-h640/img206.jpg" width="432" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtAtFoehX4lIN9xCknJpQyOdRBsoCMKG4DJrsSUTAaNJZrQ75SBpF-IQBZqtLQmFHJgWT3zJO8XBvnkSnv93h4UznxaaSfFZQwUJvZqheNBTNE2SfQzpjxAacfuvWDYqV3WuqUoQyHIIv4n230RwD4VbySV6CQWmQCsWAB7RbUGdSZpLzQCEJsQ5lS98A/s3172/saxman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2916" data-original-width="3172" height="589" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtAtFoehX4lIN9xCknJpQyOdRBsoCMKG4DJrsSUTAaNJZrQ75SBpF-IQBZqtLQmFHJgWT3zJO8XBvnkSnv93h4UznxaaSfFZQwUJvZqheNBTNE2SfQzpjxAacfuvWDYqV3WuqUoQyHIIv4n230RwD4VbySV6CQWmQCsWAB7RbUGdSZpLzQCEJsQ5lS98A/w640-h589/saxman.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Death Certificate courtesy of Find a Grave.com</b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white;">1906 found Derry No. 2 "In good condition as to ventilation and drainage". The mine and coke works employed 125 men, worked 290 days, mined 75,423 tons of coal, and produced 6,813 tons of coke. The percentage of coke to coal already shows us that they weren't paying much attention to these ovens. </span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white;">1907. Derry No. 2 "where the drainage still required improvement", produced 114,075 tons of coal and 10,719 tons of coke. 114 employees worked 282 days that year. Derry No. 1 had increased their ovens to 293 this year. 1907 would be the last year that we saw any recorded coke production at Derry No. 2. </span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white;">In 1908, 127 employees worked 24 days mining 10,670 tons of coal. </span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white;">1909. Derry No. 2 is down to 4 employees. They produced 1,170 tons of coal. 1,111 tons were used at the mine for steam and heat. The remaining 59 tons were sold to local trade or were used by the employees. The mine was listed as idle.</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white;">1910,1911. Idle the entire year.</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white;">1912,1913- Idle except for pumping and ventilation. </span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white;">1914- Not even mentioned</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white;">Derry No. 2 is mentioned one last time in 1917 and confirms that it was still being used for drainage and ventilation purposes. Under the "Improvements" section of the second district mining reports, Latrobe-Connellsville Coal and Coke "built new headframe, and installed a Robinson fan at No. 2 air and pumping shaft".</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white;">That would appear to be the end of Derry No. 2. A handful of these ovens were probably used privately at a later period. The few that remain intact also show signs of later alterations. Rough patchwork, concrete block, and other materials not original to the site can be seen in a couple places. It was normal at lot of these sites for locals to fire up a couple ovens after they were abandoned by the coal companies. Toward the end of the coal and coke era much of this land was stripped. This provided the area with an abundance of locally produced coal for the next generation or two. A truckload of coal could be purchased from any of these strip mines and dumped right into the ovens. My Grandfather wrote in his memoirs about doing this himself at old coke works near Mt. Pleasant. </span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFa4IgDGpXSOHjzZsDV1r8TqYccKBUYOD46-KwnVP5DL9Nnih4o_cgRm88l1hNpiK0uoBFoV9iA6MTRUDFRjMrhwqFIrcS2rhEl8eCbAMfdPnDMBsgtfesm2EZy7ZmPCsDk1UXrUfj1hFqv1OwaZX6ZRsoBE7ttoSYMFpyl9bcZ0DPkcwnivhcpqK0cLI/s504/Derry%202%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="492" data-original-width="504" height="624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFa4IgDGpXSOHjzZsDV1r8TqYccKBUYOD46-KwnVP5DL9Nnih4o_cgRm88l1hNpiK0uoBFoV9iA6MTRUDFRjMrhwqFIrcS2rhEl8eCbAMfdPnDMBsgtfesm2EZy7ZmPCsDk1UXrUfj1hFqv1OwaZX6ZRsoBE7ttoSYMFpyl9bcZ0DPkcwnivhcpqK0cLI/w640-h624/Derry%202%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Derry No. 2 shown on a portion of a map of the coal lands belonging to Latrobe-Connellsville Coal and Coke.</b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtaZT8RERG89NoaaJvN-tKHCeGhzovr2vyJlkE51Lm5Zjrm4P9PR9lCGl-0sk1oa2NPAtFFx_fmlPtI1dijNKwHpGJ3ssKtSlhwItuq4qQZkNiQXrvvQX4Nvrr4SuSlLEBQXZt3fneMPUtHgsToJbYtSGehC5vB63b7qHDzVClwhK_7TApX3wC-Ap2ews/s791/Derry%202%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="491" data-original-width="791" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtaZT8RERG89NoaaJvN-tKHCeGhzovr2vyJlkE51Lm5Zjrm4P9PR9lCGl-0sk1oa2NPAtFFx_fmlPtI1dijNKwHpGJ3ssKtSlhwItuq4qQZkNiQXrvvQX4Nvrr4SuSlLEBQXZt3fneMPUtHgsToJbYtSGehC5vB63b7qHDzVClwhK_7TApX3wC-Ap2ews/w640-h398/Derry%202%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Derry No. 2, although small, did contain a few company houses for the workers. The houses were located in a field southeast of the ovens. The houses are shown on this map on land owned by Joseph Guthrie. </b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKefYVMpiqu30cCARbgah2u5De40DR9vPltm1iNYPbEBK99MVQw-bhC3bE6dNeAj2ZFzDKcGlCjx3N8b776Sbmxi_S73fnwBGNZw_gXd4SYDP2NrniJVMBpnuHnucUlJbF-_53vw4QRDUuoDc9MmIGmFjzxOgkPtSKs6R0Qoj-AompPovAZcYEAxbgwQk/s400/red%20shaft.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="239" data-original-width="400" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKefYVMpiqu30cCARbgah2u5De40DR9vPltm1iNYPbEBK99MVQw-bhC3bE6dNeAj2ZFzDKcGlCjx3N8b776Sbmxi_S73fnwBGNZw_gXd4SYDP2NrniJVMBpnuHnucUlJbF-_53vw4QRDUuoDc9MmIGmFjzxOgkPtSKs6R0Qoj-AompPovAZcYEAxbgwQk/w640-h382/red%20shaft.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>This is supposedly a photo of Derry No. 2. I'm skeptical on the accuracy of this. The layout on this photo seems off from what the map and the site itself suggest. The few remaining pieces of the old construction we located were found in front of these ovens. This photo puts everything behind the ovens. </b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Here's what's left today:</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz7UPd00n6idAPRv9fYngBjdNB2jD2UgH8FTxWhCjULLvu9TnubBcBlK_0UWEHy1uiSL55bQQtPHfzOF5Tx7-6_xjI-TAXlKJel99ysd5zJhr3ELRANCbDgiGlLea0u6btOM4N4qYFUGxILqZW-cEwhjKv1XomIDYtCqGOzNk2MLD8v5bWq6vNwDBra0Q/s4608/IMG_0917.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz7UPd00n6idAPRv9fYngBjdNB2jD2UgH8FTxWhCjULLvu9TnubBcBlK_0UWEHy1uiSL55bQQtPHfzOF5Tx7-6_xjI-TAXlKJel99ysd5zJhr3ELRANCbDgiGlLea0u6btOM4N4qYFUGxILqZW-cEwhjKv1XomIDYtCqGOzNk2MLD8v5bWq6vNwDBra0Q/w640-h360/IMG_0917.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>The more intact ovens on the eastern end of the bank.</b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The couple maps we have are not very descriptive. </b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpQ2uyYSzalKuxe4t9t7goTzr5BjFEOA_jHxj-tvlA9whfEC3GSQW_KB5b3ryXqku8h353_aVn9IHoCHwgkb30NbIWYEOUzNEd_ydolG5a11gvh_THCDdp9fhItOaovQbKPFQZPxU5FqKAqZbh9RYc-qX9HQfEM1MqVkWLFuBL6vKY1lcHkxXa2TBV6Og/s4608/IMG_0955.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpQ2uyYSzalKuxe4t9t7goTzr5BjFEOA_jHxj-tvlA9whfEC3GSQW_KB5b3ryXqku8h353_aVn9IHoCHwgkb30NbIWYEOUzNEd_ydolG5a11gvh_THCDdp9fhItOaovQbKPFQZPxU5FqKAqZbh9RYc-qX9HQfEM1MqVkWLFuBL6vKY1lcHkxXa2TBV6Og/w640-h360/IMG_0955.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Opposite corner wall.</b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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Former site of the Red Shaft patch.</b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Coke Oven Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00793208285590253080noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048678732955919447.post-46098588961135642442021-02-07T01:09:00.002-05:002023-01-18T18:33:45.526-05:00Donohoe Mine and Coke Works<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <b>Today was a good day to get out and see what we could find from the old Donohoe Mine neary Crabtree. I have done the <a href="http://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2015/04/a-closer-look-at-donohoe-coke-works.html" target="_blank">coke ovens extensively</a>, but never made it up to the top shelf where the mine buildings were. There is a lot left up there!</b></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The Donohoe Mine and Coke Works is listed as a new drift opening in the Pittsburgh Seam in 1900. At that time, the mine consisted of 119 coke ovens, a coal crusher, and washer. A large Capell type fan was being erected for ventilation. </b></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>This was an important year in this area, as the Alexandria Branch had just been completed from Crabtree to New Alexandria. Numerous mines sprang up along the branch in 1900, including Jamison No. 3 (Forbes Road Mine), and the Salem Mine of the Keystone Coal and Coke Company at Salemville. </b></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> Six years later, Electrical Mining Magazine featured an in depth article about the mine and coke works. By 1906, the plant had grown to 180 ovens, and "for the past three years there has been no occasion to put a single oven out of blast or to stock the product to any considerable extent. On the contrary "Donohoe coke" has generally commanded a premium share above market prices. By charging five instead of six days per week, four 72 hour burnings, and one 48 hour burning are secured, thus producing a maximum proportion of first grade foundry coke."</b></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The mine and coke works employed 400 men that year. The workers are described as happy, well paid, and well treated. This would seem to last even through the 1910 coal strike when the mine operated 283 days of that year. 1910 also listed 193 ovens and 225 employees. </b></span></h2><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Apparently the workers didn't feel happy, well paid, and well treated in 1923. In September of that year, they went on strike, dynamited the drift entrance, and the mine never reopened. </b></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></h2><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h5g8W82gHuk/YB8i2B4SzpI/AAAAAAABemQ/uDSHsPFAJU4ml6UeB_l5VTlj1_xGJYk2wCLcBGAsYHQ/s584/Donohoe%2Bcoke.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="363" data-original-width="584" height="398" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h5g8W82gHuk/YB8i2B4SzpI/AAAAAAABemQ/uDSHsPFAJU4ml6UeB_l5VTlj1_xGJYk2wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h398/Donohoe%2Bcoke.jpg" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h2><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Donohoe Mine as seen from the drift entrance.</span><br></b></span></h2></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sEOJkGTaJvk/YB8i9jN-dcI/AAAAAAABemU/vIPgaezJljQDVi7ip_dYCF36adeyyWnGQCLcBGAsYHQ/s586/donohoe.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="282" data-original-width="586" height="308" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sEOJkGTaJvk/YB8i9jN-dcI/AAAAAAABemU/vIPgaezJljQDVi7ip_dYCF36adeyyWnGQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h308/donohoe.jpg" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h2><b>A view from the area of the coke works.<br></b></h2></td></tr></tbody></table></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br> </b></span><p></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>This site was pretty easy to figure out. It looks a lot smaller than it does in the photos. Thankfully, there was a good mine map available, labeling all of the buildings. For the most part, everything seemed to fit. We were dealing with two distinct levels, as can be seen on the photo above. Behind all of the structures the outcrop had been stripped during WWII. This left some fill, and some details were certainly buried. However, the general layout remained and the structures were still identifiable. </b></span></h2><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ba6rs_cfmOQ/YB9i4BSUNxI/AAAAAAABenM/0htuMJ83Z3InqM1Ab7kD5KGtWiylNmR6gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1145/Donohoe%2B1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="507" data-original-width="1145" height="284" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ba6rs_cfmOQ/YB9i4BSUNxI/AAAAAAABenM/0htuMJ83Z3InqM1Ab7kD5KGtWiylNmR6gCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h284/Donohoe%2B1.jpg" width="640"></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rvObwyc5TDE/YB9i36QrQZI/AAAAAAABenE/SaGf0fq8gPM9zxEZNXChs69oQu3BvEpHgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1139/Donohoe%2B2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="505" data-original-width="1139" height="284" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rvObwyc5TDE/YB9i36QrQZI/AAAAAAABenE/SaGf0fq8gPM9zxEZNXChs69oQu3BvEpHgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h284/Donohoe%2B2.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SkhEIrdKugE/YB9i4Lp6rEI/AAAAAAABenI/I5mO6CxVyX0IYlqiXueYD_6fR_cqjOeFgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1143/Donohoe%2B3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="507" data-original-width="1143" height="284" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SkhEIrdKugE/YB9i4Lp6rEI/AAAAAAABenI/I5mO6CxVyX0IYlqiXueYD_6fR_cqjOeFgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h284/Donohoe%2B3.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br> </b></span><p></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>We came in from the area nearest the coke ovens, which starts with the washer, boiler house, and engine house. So let's start there.</b></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></h2><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZFfXBcSj8ck/YB9k5JLygcI/AAAAAAABenY/MnK7DnhA8yEKhmJj84dfLJnrWtWR00QNgCLcBGAsYHQ/s634/Donohoe%2Bclip%2B1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="634" height="406" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZFfXBcSj8ck/YB9k5JLygcI/AAAAAAABenY/MnK7DnhA8yEKhmJj84dfLJnrWtWR00QNgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h406/Donohoe%2Bclip%2B1.jpg" width="640"></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br> </b></span><p></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Going from the right. Out front we see the washer, tipple, and boiler house. On the second tier, also going from the right, we see the engine house and office. The office is gone. The fronts of the washer, tipple, and boiler house are also gone. </b></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></h2><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HDjQ8m6yPWo/YB9opF-i1uI/AAAAAAABeq8/FwsSUk6R4kE1DvFmyuNwiGXalNo82UiKQCPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4877.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HDjQ8m6yPWo/YB9opF-i1uI/AAAAAAABeq8/FwsSUk6R4kE1DvFmyuNwiGXalNo82UiKQCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4877.JPG" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table><p></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Ruins of the washer.</span></b><br></td></tr></tbody></table></b></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br></td></tr></tbody></table></b></span></h2><h2><span style="font-size: small;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br></td></tr></tbody></table></b></span></h2><h2><span style="font-size: small;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br></td></tr></tbody></table></b></span></h2><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b5KjSmhwPco/YB9opAUQoMI/AAAAAAABeq8/YSYdfD7PRMMB3bYO8w0eAJ5no2tKgmOfACPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4878.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b5KjSmhwPco/YB9opAUQoMI/AAAAAAABeq8/YSYdfD7PRMMB3bYO8w0eAJ5no2tKgmOfACPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4878.JPG" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Back wall of the washer, front wall of the engine house above.</b></span><br></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-foFjWy1PDaw/YB9opBGZJGI/AAAAAAABeq8/TEep7DNq-VIMWb4FSNakChawVnW9OO-TACPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4882.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-foFjWy1PDaw/YB9opBGZJGI/AAAAAAABeq8/TEep7DNq-VIMWb4FSNakChawVnW9OO-TACPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4882.JPG" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>In the foreground, what remains of the front wall of the washer. </b></span><br></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K1biYbWZy_w/YB9opIMnDEI/AAAAAAABeq8/FcQalEChnsw8TlTa4SZZiqHZ4kNZO1Q_QCPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4883.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K1biYbWZy_w/YB9opIMnDEI/AAAAAAABeq8/FcQalEChnsw8TlTa4SZZiqHZ4kNZO1Q_QCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4883.JPG" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table></b></span><p></p><h2><span style="font-size: large;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Rear wall of the washer.</b></td></tr></tbody></table></b></span></h2><h2><span style="font-size: large;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br></td></tr></tbody></table></b></span></h2><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hw0n_DeYT8E/YB9opIxOdLI/AAAAAAABeq8/j1xvxxtomT8pH_-LsYQPJhT9Zjdp683oQCPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4884.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hw0n_DeYT8E/YB9opIxOdLI/AAAAAAABeq8/j1xvxxtomT8pH_-LsYQPJhT9Zjdp683oQCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4884.JPG" width="640"></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZE9bRqKHa0Q/YB9opIVs8cI/AAAAAAABeq8/fQf-k24DpmALwmHF3pZntlN7Tde9nDPQgCPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4885.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZE9bRqKHa0Q/YB9opIVs8cI/AAAAAAABeq8/fQf-k24DpmALwmHF3pZntlN7Tde9nDPQgCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4885.JPG" width="640"></a></div><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zelDYLYo_vo/YB9opIVNf_I/AAAAAAABeq8/Ti3-TIcIXwcx7h79In-6Ge8h0fZyAiAiQCPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4886.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zelDYLYo_vo/YB9opIVNf_I/AAAAAAABeq8/Ti3-TIcIXwcx7h79In-6Ge8h0fZyAiAiQCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4886.JPG" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>One of the piers from the tipple.</b></span><br></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br></b></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YNq2xoZUFFE/YB9opNMEezI/AAAAAAABeq8/pGx0A3Q_o2cu20sUpeygDPAZPnNcrF_5ACPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4887.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YNq2xoZUFFE/YB9opNMEezI/AAAAAAABeq8/pGx0A3Q_o2cu20sUpeygDPAZPnNcrF_5ACPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4887.JPG" width="640"></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tA8Bvo-sq44/YB9opHldTVI/AAAAAAABeq8/ecb-ixzeKzY1IMX0417TUqmCi6ecmGNBgCPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4888.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tA8Bvo-sq44/YB9opHldTVI/AAAAAAABeq8/ecb-ixzeKzY1IMX0417TUqmCi6ecmGNBgCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4888.JPG" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Rear wall of the boiler house.</b></span><br></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br></b></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QgsLUk-0-iI/YB9opCVQ30I/AAAAAAABeq8/IfD6XTDbitkXDtHqW5UY9HmgDb-qg4xeQCPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4889.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QgsLUk-0-iI/YB9opCVQ30I/AAAAAAABeq8/IfD6XTDbitkXDtHqW5UY9HmgDb-qg4xeQCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4889.JPG" width="640"></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yo9DN0yNroI/YB9opIVQ4wI/AAAAAAABeq8/DNfyBmt4a1k3miMTcAT8dcAbcWcqY1ZXACPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4890.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yo9DN0yNroI/YB9opIVQ4wI/AAAAAAABeq8/DNfyBmt4a1k3miMTcAT8dcAbcWcqY1ZXACPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4890.JPG" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Corner front wall of the boiler house.</b></span><br></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eEVwNV-hCwA/YB9opOq8LAI/AAAAAAABeq8/WiRKrbxZhjs4ajSD8OIkLYoSclCTzPM9wCPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4891.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eEVwNV-hCwA/YB9opOq8LAI/AAAAAAABeq8/WiRKrbxZhjs4ajSD8OIkLYoSclCTzPM9wCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4891.JPG" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>North end of the boiler house.</b></span><br></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br></b></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8sDybUU5p3k/YB9opPF8a5I/AAAAAAABeq8/6GI4kPEbIz0x1E5z9n1SDhtaHYiZWNbKACPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4892.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8sDybUU5p3k/YB9opPF8a5I/AAAAAAABeq8/6GI4kPEbIz0x1E5z9n1SDhtaHYiZWNbKACPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4892.JPG" width="640"></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lxRCOp7DUxE/YB9opN9CXpI/AAAAAAABeq8/JbiEjZRNJEoSySfvRRVNQ0gIDkyABxb0QCPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4893.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lxRCOp7DUxE/YB9opN9CXpI/AAAAAAABeq8/JbiEjZRNJEoSySfvRRVNQ0gIDkyABxb0QCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4893.JPG" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>This is coming into the retaining wall visible in the old photos. </b></span><br></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br></b></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5qBc4vMq8Jo/YB9opM8r7fI/AAAAAAABeq8/VPwKvLSBYQ4YnRTgTNcfoqauofBeE9QKgCPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4894.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5qBc4vMq8Jo/YB9opM8r7fI/AAAAAAABeq8/VPwKvLSBYQ4YnRTgTNcfoqauofBeE9QKgCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4894.JPG" width="640"></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LWBNvsYKAEw/YB9opORGi9I/AAAAAAABeq8/xxBztmtlKHssghU101OurMSkZlgMdTrQgCPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4895.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LWBNvsYKAEw/YB9opORGi9I/AAAAAAABeq8/xxBztmtlKHssghU101OurMSkZlgMdTrQgCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4895.JPG" width="640"></a></div><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o1xVNM-X6do/YB9opLIgHPI/AAAAAAABeq8/ihI3aSnx49IUHCKD4UXcsz5SVPbW94V-gCPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4896.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o1xVNM-X6do/YB9opLIgHPI/AAAAAAABeq8/ihI3aSnx49IUHCKD4UXcsz5SVPbW94V-gCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4896.JPG" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>This is coming out into the pit wagon yard, as shown on the map.</b></span><br></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br></b></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HNly1DB1D64/YB9opHEr-CI/AAAAAAABeq8/6Jhuk-LNDB8PGwFQ3P29PUAV2TwLj8lmQCPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4897.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HNly1DB1D64/YB9opHEr-CI/AAAAAAABeq8/6Jhuk-LNDB8PGwFQ3P29PUAV2TwLj8lmQCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4897.JPG" width="640"></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cY2CYY6aQe4/YB9opCDVj0I/AAAAAAABeq8/7Et8UKmfM9wKPlmifHJ4t_Ey_N8SIe2jACPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4898.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cY2CYY6aQe4/YB9opCDVj0I/AAAAAAABeq8/7Et8UKmfM9wKPlmifHJ4t_Ey_N8SIe2jACPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4898.JPG" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Incredibly straight retaining wall for having sat here for nearly 121 years.</b></span><br></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br></b></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iluwKaGgvG0/YB9opIrz6kI/AAAAAAABeq8/i4DUvmOXiGIqR2NOZvxh8pK_84qjm2-9ACPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4899.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iluwKaGgvG0/YB9opIrz6kI/AAAAAAABeq8/i4DUvmOXiGIqR2NOZvxh8pK_84qjm2-9ACPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4899.JPG" width="640"></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hABPeUEpbKU/YB9opEVbgjI/AAAAAAABeq8/OAIuIt5qLBQWJNtH6b6Cc4v_Kgvvyu0hwCPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4900.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hABPeUEpbKU/YB9opEVbgjI/AAAAAAABeq8/OAIuIt5qLBQWJNtH6b6Cc4v_Kgvvyu0hwCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4900.JPG" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>More of the large flat pit wagon yard.</b><br></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br></b></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BofBNfrCKbA/YB9opJ7EUUI/AAAAAAABeq8/kbdaxLH9mPAnM4vkhDIB0fFnAap3RX6ngCPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4901.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BofBNfrCKbA/YB9opJ7EUUI/AAAAAAABeq8/kbdaxLH9mPAnM4vkhDIB0fFnAap3RX6ngCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4901.JPG" width="640"></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br> </b></span><p></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The following wall, we believe acted as a levee, preventing the creek from flooding the mine yard. </b></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></h2><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d9hIOUYMDP4/YB9vBj3h1NI/AAAAAAABerI/XPGHoYLmd2EJHoULcwbyvIdgNZ0NUO_QwCPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4903.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d9hIOUYMDP4/YB9vBj3h1NI/AAAAAAABerI/XPGHoYLmd2EJHoULcwbyvIdgNZ0NUO_QwCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4903.JPG" width="640"></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1ZpwX-zFmbY/YB9vBlEaHgI/AAAAAAABerI/0XUq-Q7TsiUfuxYn5fxz1uIqHIuINLEFQCPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4904.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1ZpwX-zFmbY/YB9vBlEaHgI/AAAAAAABerI/0XUq-Q7TsiUfuxYn5fxz1uIqHIuINLEFQCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4904.JPG" width="640"></a></div><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6BaLj5eCPNA/YB9vBjbdbSI/AAAAAAABerI/dxqWecrgGgQqeD417f-BN3TxuIcefWr8wCPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4905.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6BaLj5eCPNA/YB9vBjbdbSI/AAAAAAABerI/dxqWecrgGgQqeD417f-BN3TxuIcefWr8wCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4905.JPG" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The mine side of the "levee" wall.</b></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b> </b><br></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br> </b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Now we are approaching the mine entrance. Remember it was blown up in 1923. </b></span></h2><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TAv4UKeYccU/YB9wJgTRUmI/AAAAAAABerg/70548CZHKJUfTqTk3jgjsNVh-GBGqiIRgCLcBGAsYHQ/s625/Donohoe%2Bclip%2B6.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="625" height="328" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TAv4UKeYccU/YB9wJgTRUmI/AAAAAAABerg/70548CZHKJUfTqTk3jgjsNVh-GBGqiIRgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h328/Donohoe%2Bclip%2B6.jpg" title="Pay attention to the houses above the portal in this photo. They're coming into play soon. The gradual slope from the houses to the floor is also entirely gone. That whole hillside is steep from being stripped." width="640"></a></b></span></div><p></p><h2><span style="font-size: large;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Pay attention to the houses above the portal in this photo. They're coming into play soon. The gradual slope from the houses to the floor is also entirely gone. That whole hillside is steep from being stripped.</b></td></tr></tbody></table></b></span></h2><h2><span style="font-size: large;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br></td></tr></tbody></table></b></span></h2><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D2JQj9aK8co/YB9wJHvAHmI/AAAAAAABerU/tZQ-KZ0tDKkHX7WN7sII26Jt_sAkmMCHwCLcBGAsYHQ/s641/Donohoe%2BClip%2B11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="399" data-original-width="641" height="398" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D2JQj9aK8co/YB9wJHvAHmI/AAAAAAABerU/tZQ-KZ0tDKkHX7WN7sII26Jt_sAkmMCHwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h398/Donohoe%2BClip%2B11.jpg" width="640"></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_bocfv3fxVg/YB9wJPOfcXI/AAAAAAABerY/ww0NuDjg5-05-LO11GVxpT0YWpHOHgYJACLcBGAsYHQ/s549/Donohoe%2Bclip%2B13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="549" height="504" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_bocfv3fxVg/YB9wJPOfcXI/AAAAAAABerY/ww0NuDjg5-05-LO11GVxpT0YWpHOHgYJACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h504/Donohoe%2Bclip%2B13.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-daaNwXd76rI/YB9wI4RJDZI/AAAAAAABerQ/51Ue6PAoyGAyYblhRzIzuOhAHFRHK8sEgCLcBGAsYHQ/s551/Donohoe%2BClip%2B14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="551" height="432" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-daaNwXd76rI/YB9wI4RJDZI/AAAAAAABerQ/51Ue6PAoyGAyYblhRzIzuOhAHFRHK8sEgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h432/Donohoe%2BClip%2B14.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-360LoyVzThs/YB9wJWGQawI/AAAAAAABerc/GcH7xYTprCkpPxA2GNk6f5YWeYPR8yfYwCLcBGAsYHQ/s560/Donohoe%2Bclip%2B15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="365" data-original-width="560" height="418" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-360LoyVzThs/YB9wJWGQawI/AAAAAAABerc/GcH7xYTprCkpPxA2GNk6f5YWeYPR8yfYwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h418/Donohoe%2Bclip%2B15.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br> </b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N9QZfeANZsA/YB9xix-EgmI/AAAAAAABer0/apGcWQ4pQG0_XUjvXTfXFK1rXw0oPbAlgCPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4909.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N9QZfeANZsA/YB9xix-EgmI/AAAAAAABer0/apGcWQ4pQG0_XUjvXTfXFK1rXw0oPbAlgCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4909.JPG" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Notice the house above the collapsed mine portal.</b></span><br></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br></b></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dYdoxMvSnTg/YB9xi4_hSeI/AAAAAAABer0/rPfjacu9dncQeTzszAowx3pafXEF_i8ogCPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4910.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dYdoxMvSnTg/YB9xi4_hSeI/AAAAAAABer0/rPfjacu9dncQeTzszAowx3pafXEF_i8ogCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4910.JPG" width="640"></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JD1v_nfR7fI/YB9xi0Dm1PI/AAAAAAABer0/YXwQPT07ywoNmQ5eBqgoT4u1nhSvIc-SwCPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4911.JPG"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JD1v_nfR7fI/YB9xi0Dm1PI/AAAAAAABer0/YXwQPT07ywoNmQ5eBqgoT4u1nhSvIc-SwCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4911.JPG" width="640"></a></div></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zy059uTD0Uc/YB9yIq7qtUI/AAAAAAABer8/MHA2tX-UwZUWh_CAQHdp6uJdNojNnrjCACPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4906.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zy059uTD0Uc/YB9yIq7qtUI/AAAAAAABer8/MHA2tX-UwZUWh_CAQHdp6uJdNojNnrjCACPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4906.JPG" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b></b></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>No way anybody is heading back there. It's completely collapsed further back. You can't even feel the draft you normally feel coming out of abandoned mine portals.</b></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b> </b><br></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br></b> </span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br></span></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Next, we come across the foundations for the smoke stacks. We're on the second tier now.</span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kqLLP2u7V8w/YB9zo3slaZI/AAAAAAABesE/f8uV-bekJFwBo3nDSuzFbObkuqjm_LLbgCLcBGAsYHQ/s626/Donohoe%2Bclip%2B4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="626" height="328" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kqLLP2u7V8w/YB9zo3slaZI/AAAAAAABesE/f8uV-bekJFwBo3nDSuzFbObkuqjm_LLbgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h328/Donohoe%2Bclip%2B4.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wqUJl7dWrR0/YB90QgfZpJI/AAAAAAABesM/RPVhpKnR1DYezOA1Tx_EV8K-L05UsJHBACPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4914.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wqUJl7dWrR0/YB90QgfZpJI/AAAAAAABesM/RPVhpKnR1DYezOA1Tx_EV8K-L05UsJHBACPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4914.JPG" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zBY4f_sQqXc/YB90QnVPgaI/AAAAAAABesM/fBhG1eOMGMAWUIXnO9MoXM1BdRd9X-OyQCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4918.JPG" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AXVchFogMew/YB90Qksg1wI/AAAAAAABesM/-KeXrnirHqMHt-VoWJFcJiVbCd6NDAeFwCPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4919.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AXVchFogMew/YB90Qksg1wI/AAAAAAABesM/-KeXrnirHqMHt-VoWJFcJiVbCd6NDAeFwCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4919.JPG" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kjnnu1jRwaM/YB90QtIiA8I/AAAAAAABesM/qSfiLMI6TYgzy9_VDmNBNRo6CyXvLej5gCPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4920.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kjnnu1jRwaM/YB90QtIiA8I/AAAAAAABesM/qSfiLMI6TYgzy9_VDmNBNRo6CyXvLej5gCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4920.JPG" width="640"></a></div><br><span style="font-size: small;"></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Next is the engine house. </span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6jwZVUfYHNQ/YB91LKyhg6I/AAAAAAABesU/L79TRbj_8ZwEpGYigSzNYixIVpiD-Xm0QCPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4921.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6jwZVUfYHNQ/YB91LKyhg6I/AAAAAAABesU/L79TRbj_8ZwEpGYigSzNYixIVpiD-Xm0QCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4921.JPG" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Back wall of the engine house.</b><br></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lsOu9q373RA/YB91LIjqb5I/AAAAAAABesU/AexA0d0kVAw8WfhgEF-mwHG1K4Sv_CVrwCPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4922.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lsOu9q373RA/YB91LIjqb5I/AAAAAAABesU/AexA0d0kVAw8WfhgEF-mwHG1K4Sv_CVrwCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4922.JPG" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h2><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Platforms where the engines sat.</b></span></h2></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br><span style="font-size: small;"></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K7CmN-t10rk/YB91n-ui4LI/AAAAAAABesc/e7KTzGil7lo-vQteiqH7Y2c2CYzxl9vRgCLcBGAsYHQ/s641/Donohoe%2Bclip%2B8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="641" height="410" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K7CmN-t10rk/YB91n-ui4LI/AAAAAAABesc/e7KTzGil7lo-vQteiqH7Y2c2CYzxl9vRgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h410/Donohoe%2Bclip%2B8.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><span style="font-size: small;"><br></span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8SigP6inPzM/YB91vmPXpHI/AAAAAAABesk/s_bYixISobsy5P7Zsbg9sYUfdbpuBqCJQCLcBGAsYHQ/s628/Donohoe%2Bclip%2B5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="628" height="458" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8SigP6inPzM/YB91vmPXpHI/AAAAAAABesk/s_bYixISobsy5P7Zsbg9sYUfdbpuBqCJQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h458/Donohoe%2Bclip%2B5.jpg" width="640"></a></div><p></p><p><br></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5cw2rG71ZWo/YB92JOEpBPI/AAAAAAABes0/4kLsS0WOKuUiKQR7E4yUbZ47rAGYlsXeQCPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4923.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5cw2rG71ZWo/YB92JOEpBPI/AAAAAAABes0/4kLsS0WOKuUiKQR7E4yUbZ47rAGYlsXeQCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4923.JPG" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Another platform.</b><br></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s_zgR9AP53k/YB92JIAeGmI/AAAAAAABes0/fzuGN3QcXYYHq2JTTn5IH39v5MZ7hGyXgCPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4924.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s_zgR9AP53k/YB92JIAeGmI/AAAAAAABes0/fzuGN3QcXYYHq2JTTn5IH39v5MZ7hGyXgCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4924.JPG" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Back wall of the engine house.</b><br></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9AKoylubigM/YB92JFpjbII/AAAAAAABes0/8Afq_SrL_rY59-B02aAZDHDb_St_V4QOQCPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4925.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9AKoylubigM/YB92JFpjbII/AAAAAAABes0/8Afq_SrL_rY59-B02aAZDHDb_St_V4QOQCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4925.JPG" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Front wall of the engine house, back wall of the washer.</b><br></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rd78HjOVb2o/YB92JPaBhBI/AAAAAAABes0/OemIhy4GGwMg7tBxRMGr1CI9QSUGwbAbwCPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4926.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rd78HjOVb2o/YB92JPaBhBI/AAAAAAABes0/OemIhy4GGwMg7tBxRMGr1CI9QSUGwbAbwCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4926.JPG" width="640"></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Off of the back side of the engine house, we came across the footers for one of these water tanks on the map.</span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--C6zRG72K18/YB93UV4_jII/AAAAAAABes8/XPVuFedC1lgmoW0jLVqaIrCSlWeGqd5swCLcBGAsYHQ/s770/Donohoe%2Bwater%2Btanks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="770" height="418" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--C6zRG72K18/YB93UV4_jII/AAAAAAABes8/XPVuFedC1lgmoW0jLVqaIrCSlWeGqd5swCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h418/Donohoe%2Bwater%2Btanks.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br> </span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GVmYcr96EoA/YB93u6Lk7aI/AAAAAAABetE/GhZCTpD6d-IkDNqpz7a8F7fSSABtjNsQwCPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4927.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GVmYcr96EoA/YB93u6Lk7aI/AAAAAAABetE/GhZCTpD6d-IkDNqpz7a8F7fSSABtjNsQwCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4927.JPG" width="640"></a></div><br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3nYBztV4F4U/YB9329QRwiI/AAAAAAABetI/B-fB21iCwhAHaKZqlewpMilYWDV9NI64gCPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4933.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>We believe the brick structure was part of a pumping system that brought water up from the reservoir to fill the tanks. The water would have been used in the boiler house, as well as to quench the coke.</b><br></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-COquF_W1NVI/YB9327SzpsI/AAAAAAABetI/EsToF4Nq7LQPTiY3VNOE2sM1-bhvUnQ0QCPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4930.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-COquF_W1NVI/YB9327SzpsI/AAAAAAABetI/EsToF4Nq7LQPTiY3VNOE2sM1-bhvUnQ0QCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4930.JPG" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cE1wwY5zJtk/YB9329tUnYI/AAAAAAABetI/rBU4_zc-jpcOFfGH8reklyFbqX37fn_kACPcBGAsYHg/s4000/IMG_4929.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cE1wwY5zJtk/YB9329tUnYI/AAAAAAABetI/rBU4_zc-jpcOFfGH8reklyFbqX37fn_kACPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/IMG_4929.JPG" width="640"></a></div><br></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A couple shots on the way out:</span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<span style="font-size: small;">It was a cold morning but a sunny day. I had recently gotten an email from a gentleman looking for information on the Dibble Mine. His Great Uncle died in an accident in the mine in 1919. I've always wanted to get out there and look around, but put it on the back burner because it was located so close to me. Today I felt like getting out but didn't feel like driving too far, so the chips all fell in the right place. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">There's actually so much left out there. I looked at the mine maps last night and was able to locate the tipple site and the entrance to the mine. I figured that was a good place to start, but I also wanted to walk the Esler Spur off of the Lyons Run Branch of the Turtle Creek Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. I had previously located the beginning of the spur near the turnpike, but never got to check out the end at the mine. I got a nice chunk of that done today. The Lyons Run Valley is a very nice deep, narrow valley that is mostly ignored. It's not too overgrown and was actually a really nice hike. The mine site was also amazing. There is some nice machinery still laying around, slate dumps, strip mine pits, etc. For being so close to an increasingly populated area, it's great to see an isolated valley and historical mining remnants. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">As far as mines go, Irwin Gas No.2 was relatively short lived. The mine was active from 1917 through 1928. The origins of this mine however, can be traced back to 1892 when Christian Stauffer Overholt Tintsman began acquiring coal lands in Penn and Franklin Townships. Tintsman, whose lineage brought us Henry Clay Frick, Overholt Whiskey and West Overton is certainly no stranger to Southwestern Pennsylvania coal history. In March 1903, Cyrus Painter Markle Tintsman purchased 154 acres of surface land from the estate of an A.J. Keister. This information was found in the book "History Of Penn Township", John W. Mochnick, 1982. I'm wondering if this was an <a href="http://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2017/03/lincoln-coke-works-keisterville-pa.html" target="_blank">A.L. (Abraham Lincoln) Keister</a>, instead of A.J. Keister. I can't find any information anywhere on an A.J. Keister, but I am familiar with A.L. Keister, however he didn't die until 1917, so it wouldn't make sense that he had an estate in 1903. Anyway, a month after Tintsman purchase the Keister property, he sold it to the Westinghouse Airbrake Company. Prior to any mining operations on Lyon's Run, Westinghouse sold the property to the Irwin Gas Coal Company. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Irwin Gas Coal mines on Lyon's Run featured three pit openings. The main opening was located just north of the intersection of Boxcartown and Ramsey Roads. I did locate it. The other two openings were located on opposite hillsides a short distance south of the Lyon's Run Spur of the Turtle Creek Valley Railroad. The south drift was called Dible's, the north drift was named Irwin Gas No. 1. I did not locate these. The two latter drifts were only in operation for a few years, and the main entry was officially designated Irwin Gas No. 2. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This looks like the company store at Boxcartown. Photo courtesy of Ray Washlaski. The store was located next to the two houses on Boxcartown Road, near the mine entrance.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Portion of the Irwin Gas No. 2 Mine map showing the tipple, entry, store, and other associated buildings.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Tipple support along the road.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Railroad ties in the tipple area.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Another tipple support on the other side of the creek.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The is the first piece of old machinery remaining.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">One of the remaining slate dumps.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Bent up mine track in the slate dump.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The other huge piece of machinery. I think this was a winch to pull the mine cars up to the tipple. It sits on the hill above the location where the tipple was.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Looking toward the tipple location from the top of the hill.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I think this large cut would have stored the train cars loading at the tipple.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Incline up the other slate dump.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Top of the slate dump.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Remains from a mine building.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Curved mine track stuck in the ground by the mine entrance.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I think this is a spring. Water was coming up out of the hole toward the top of the photo. I don't think it's mine water because the water seems clean. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Top of the tipple support along the road.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Looking toward the mine entrance.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The entrance is buried but you can see the top of the portal.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">More foundations near the mine entrance. Possibly a fan house.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The railroad grade toward the tipple area.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Railroad crossing across Boxcartown Road.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Foundation to something.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Old railroad grade.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Large pipe under the old railroad bed.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The valley floor was all very flat. It's impossible to figure out where the railroad sat.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is as far as I went because it started getting into farms. This is the bottom of Hoy Farm Court.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This part is easy to figure out where the railroad sat. There was a pipe under here as well but it got washed out, along with the railroad.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I found this old beer bottle in the woods. Labor Brewing Company of Uniontown. Labor Brewing Company was in business from 1905-1920 and was operated by Wilmer Wilkey. He know Wilmer from when he operated the <a href="http://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2015/12/anica-coke-works-whitsett-pa.html" target="_blank">Anica Coke Works in Whitsett</a>.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The corner of Boxcartown and Boxcartown, with a couple of the old company houses. The store sat beyond the house on the far right.</span></h2>
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<br />Coke Oven Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00793208285590253080noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048678732955919447.post-46891480706650013492020-02-02T16:27:00.000-05:002020-02-02T16:28:33.742-05:00Alexandria Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad; Shieldsburg Area<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Yesterday Lou and me got finally got a chance to head out into the woods. It was still pretty soggy in spots, but overall it wasn't too bad. The main point of this trip was to identify and locate two wye's that appeared at two different times and places along the railroad. Another goal was to locate the site of the old railroad station and the foundations of other buildings.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This 1939 aerial shows the original wye, as well as the railroad station.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">First, this section was opened from Crabtree to New Alexandria in November 1900. We located the original wye thanks to the farmer giving us full access to the property. This area is so unbelievably overgrown that it was difficult to photograph. As you can see on the 1939 aerial, there were quite a few buildings in the area of the New Alexandria Station. Due to how overgrown it is, it is extremely difficult to navigate this area. We did locate some foundations but nothing to positively identify anything by. A few years ago, the Stuff That's Gone boys did locate what was believed to be the location of the station. This was my second time back there and I still couldn't find it. To make matters worse, it's all flat up there, so there are no recognizable fills or cuts to follow on the old railroad ROW. A compass is in order if I were to make this trip again. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Postcard of the New Alexandria Station.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Another view of the station. Photo from the book "200 Years of History 1776-1976" 1976, The Bicentennial History Committee, New Alexandria.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Photo of the possible ruins of the station from Stuff That's Gone.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The second wye is further west and appears on the 1957 aerial.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">As you can see on the 1957 aerial, the whole upper wye has been eliminated. The railroad was realigned, even Galando Road was rerouted to accommodate the new railroad alignment. The farm was decimated, probably for a second time. At this point in time, the railroad heading up to Andrico was no longer used and abandoned. The terminus of this branch would have been the Salem Mine and Coke Works in Salemville. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1964 topographic showing the new alignment, as well as the coke ovens at the Salem Mine. The coke ovens are no longer there. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Heading out! We initially heading south towards Crabtree to locate the section where the old alignment met the new alignment. We followed the grade as far as we could until we came across a farm and had to turn back. I followed the grade from Crabtree to the other side of the farm a couple years ago. You can see that in<a href="http://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2014/03/donohoe-coke-worksallegheny-branch-of.html" target="_blank"> this post.</a></span></h2>
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Looking at the newer grade from Galando Road.</h2>
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The cut coming out at the curve on Galando Road.</h2>
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Looking west after crossing Galando Road. The grade is to the left of the fence posts and right of the tree line.</h2>
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Crossing at Galando Road.</h2>
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Where the original grade crossed Galando Road.</h2>
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Heading toward Crabtree on the original grade.</h2>
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Drainage pipe under the new grade.</h2>
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Old grade toward Crabtree.</h2>
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This is where the grades changed. The newer grade is to the left, the old grade is lower and on the right.</h2>
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Separation. The tree toward the middle of the photo separates the grades. </h2>
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Heading toward Crabtree.</h2>
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We found some old foundations off the grade in the woods. Probably farm related.</h2>
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Old spring.</h2>
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This was nice walking!</h2>
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This is where the original alignment came in. On the left. This would have been the west leg of the old wye. Straight is the new alignment heading toward the farm.</h2>
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Washed out sections of pipe under the grade.</h2>
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Unwashed out section of pipe on the other side.</h2>
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Crossing on Archway Drive in Frogtown.</h2>
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Grade looking west toward 119.</h2>
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At the 119 crossing.</h2>
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This is the western "top" of the wye.</h2>
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Salem coke laying around.</h2>
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License plate I found.</h2>
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Grade at the top of the wye. This runs along 119.</h2>
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Lou checking out the wye.</h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> After this we headed back to the farm and took the original alignment, western leg of the old wye, up towards the arch and New Alexandria. </span></h2>
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The left heads to New Alexandria, the right is the lower portion of the old wye.</h2>
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The grade to New Alexandria.</h2>
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Old pillars. We couldn't find any mines ever being back here. We initially thought they were from the platform to the old station, but the topography doesn't fit. Coal station came up as well, but we can't find anything that suggests that there was one back here. All we have are old pillars.</h2>
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Finally made it to the arch. Loyalhanna was very low for some reason. The piers from the old New Alexandria William Penn Highway bridge are visible in the water.</h2>
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The arch still stands. There isn't a person alive that can remember when this arch wasn't here. </h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Well folks, it is officially Coke Oven Season once again! This year will most likely have us heading east and north much more, since we pretty much ran out of ovens in our area. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Today, we headed up to Amsbry in Cambria County. As you can tell from the title of this post, these ovens changed hands quite a few times throughout their existence. Amsbury Mine and Coke Works were developed by William W Amsbury around 1888. Amsbury came to Cambria County from Susquehanna County to develop coal lands in the area. He ended up acquiring around 25,000 acres in Galitzin, Allegheny, Munster, and Clearfield Township's. He built the company patch town of Amsbry to house the workers for his first mine located there. The mine and coke works were named Amsbury, but the town was named Amsbry. I'm unsure of why the spelling was different for each. The mine was one of the largest in the county, with several entrances, as well as multiple tipples which allowed the operators to ship coal on either the Pennsylvania or New York Central Railroads. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The ovens went cold in 1905 after producing only 1,571 tons of coke for that year, with only ten employees assigned to coke making. That year the mine produced 183,249 tons of coal with 149 miners working 141 days. The entire operation employed a total of 184 people.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Lets backtrack..... Amsbury Mine and Coke Works is listed as being under construction in 1888, by the Cambria Coal and Coke Company. The reports for 1889 and 1890 show a total of twelve ovens. 1891 and 1892 shows Amsbury being operated by the Cresson and Clearfield Coal and Coke Company, with 20 ovens. Nothing shows up in the 1893 and 1894 reports. It reappears in the 1895 report as Taylor Brothers, but has no stats. 1896 brings back the 20 ovens still being operated by Taylor Brothers. 1897-1899 shows 20 ovens but it has been renamed Glen Helen Mine and Coke Works. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The 1895 mining report describes how the Taylor Brothers leased the plant.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1902 would show Webster Coal and Coke making many improvements to the mine. They constructed an additional 30 ovens, bringing the total to 50.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1903 brought the oven total to 55. This would be where it stays for the rest of its existence. This year would also see the opening of Webster No. 16, which was connected with No. 7. These two mines would remain synonymous from here on out. Another important change this year is the operation by Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Company. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1904 comes in with the mine being renamed Pennsylvania No.7 with 55 ovens. 1905, we already went over. After this, the ovens would be reported occasionally, but there would be no more coke production. 1906 and 1907 lists the operators as the Pennsylvania Beech Creek and Eastern Coal Company with 55 ovens but no coke production. 1908 brings back the Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Company. 1909 and 1910 lists No. 7 and No. 16 together with no ovens. 1911 lists 55 ovens again, still operated by Pennsylvania Coal and Coke with no coke production. The ovens are listed as idle. 1912 shows no changes. 1913 shows No. 7 separately from No. 16 and lists the latter as idle. 1914 reports 53 ovens with no coke production and 158,301 tons of coal. 1915 and 1916 has No. 16 still idle with no ovens listed. 1917, no ovens listed, No. 16 not mentioned, 171,657 tons of coal. 1918 shows No. 16 still unlisted, but shows No. 7 being connected to Pennsylvania No. 10 for drainage and air purposes. 1919 lists no ovens and 122,305 tons of coal.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">In 1920, it starts getting weird. No. 7 is not listed at all. 1921-1924 does not list No. 7 but lists No. 10, which was connected in 1918. 1923 lists coal production at 192,414 tons. In 1925 Amsbury comes back as Amsbry No. 7 with 21,914 tons of coal. 1926-1928 shows it as Amsbry No. 7 but the production remains low. After this, the mine probably lasted into the 1930's but I have to access to mining reports after 1928. A 1939 aerial shows very little activity and the ovens are completely collapsed. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">So what is left there today, you're certainly asking? Well I'm going to show you. The ovens are all severely deteriorated, but we're lucky to have any. There are some ruins from some of the mine buildings, as well as large slab remaining from a much larger structure. I believe there are the ruins of a fan house, but I can't be certain because none of the structures are labeled on the mine maps. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Walking back to the Amsbury Mine site.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This would have been the coke yard. There are buried ovens to the left. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Another remaining oven.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Coke yard to the left, railroad siding to the right.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Railroad siding heading towards the tracks.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Some stone remaining from the pier wall.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Buried coke ovens towards the center.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Some of the buried ovens.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This would most likely be the end of the oven bank.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A strange ditch behind the coke ovens.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Stone remaining from the front of a coke oven.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Foundation from a mine building.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">More building ruins.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Looking out towards Amsbry Road.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Huge slab from one of the mine buildings.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Trestle pier.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Stone heading towards the Amsbry No. 7 pit mouth. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Amsbury No. 7 pit mouth was to the right of this stream.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Old piers in Clearfield Creek. Either railroad or mine haulage. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Last weekend we took a wonderful camping trip to Prince Gallitzin State Park. While we were there, we took a walk down the tracks south of Frugality to check out some coke ovens I had seen on an old mine map. I spent the better part of this week trying to figure out what we had. Initially, I mistakenly had them pegged as the Amsbury Coke Works, but I located those several miles to the south. That will be a nice winter trip! </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It turns out my Dean's ran together. Last year Lou and me took a trip out to the <a href="http://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2018/12/two-cambria-county-coke-plants.html" target="_blank">Dean No. 8 Coke Works</a> on State Game Lands near Fallentimber. The history I traced for Dean No. 8, pre-1897, is actually the history of Dean No. 9. There is one map showing the ovens at Dean No. 9. It clearly identifies 88 ovens in two "single blocks of ovens". One "block" contained 38, the other contained 50. The bank of 38 ovens is gone. These ovens were most likely decimated when Route 53 was put in. The remaining ovens, toward the middle, run almost directly below Route 53. The ovens themselves are in pretty bad condition. None of the fronts are extent, but there are some large blocks and stones remaining onsite. The ovens most likely collapsed on their own, burying themselves in their own rubble. This would make a unique industrial archaeology site. What remains are typical of the countless other coke plant sites scattered around Southwestern and Central Pennsylvania. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Initially, my confusion started simply as a result of the numbering of the coke plants. Dean No. 9 came before Dean No. 8. Had I been there, I would have said "number these different, you're going to drive somebody insane in 130 years", but I wasn't. It took a couple years, but I think I have it now. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Dean No. 9 </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Mine and Coke Works began operating in 1887 under the name Rubino Coke
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span>In 1892, the plant was renamed Dean No. 4 (this irons out the numbering confusion). This plant was known as Dean No. 4 until 1898, when it was named Frugality No. 4, operated by the Frugality Coke Company. This name change would only last one year however. From 1899, until it simply disappears in 1911, it would be Dean No. 9, operated by the Cresson and Clearfield Coal and Coke Company. </span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span>Simply disappearing is putting it rather bluntly. This mine and coke works was gasping for life for seven years. In 1903, it was listed as abandoned, but it continued to list 88 ovens. In 1904, it was reopened. </span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">From 1905-1907 all 88 ovens would be listed, but the coal output of the mine was very minimal (27,212 tons in 1907, vs. 82,395 in 1895). 1908 would see Dean No. 9 employing 9 men and using 16 ovens. In 1909, they were down to 12 ovens, and after that there would be no mention of Dean No. 9 until 1912 when it was listed as idle. That would be the end of it. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A great example of how a coke oven gradually gets torn apart.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The tracks heading south from Frugality have not been used in a while.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A view of Glendale Lake from Headache Hill in Prince Gallitzin State Park.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Over the weekend, we had a great opportunity to explore the Allegheny Furnace, as well as the mansion of one of its iron masters. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Allegheny Furnace was constructed by Robert Allison and Andrew Henderson in 1811. This was the second iron furnace built in Blair County. Allison and Henderson would operate the furnace until 1818, when it went out of blast. 18 years later, in 1836, the furnace was purchased by Elias Baker and Roland Diller and re-fired. In 1867, the furnace was adjusted to be fueled by coke instead of charcoal. Eventually Baker would buy out his partner and become sole operator of the furnace. Baker employed around 20 men, and produced from 50 to 80 tons of iron per week. The furnace was abandoned in 1884. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Allegheny Furnace.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is the former store of the furnace complex. This structure was built around 1837, and is thought to be the oldest building in Altoona. The building served as a tea house in the 1920's and 1930's. In 1940 the Altoona Women's Club purchased the house and has used it ever since.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">There is a large pipe (?) on the back of the furnace, and behind this fence. Possibly used for the blast.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission sign outside of the stone building. Interesting is the fact that the Baker family spelled the furnace as Alleghany. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I found this photo online, and it claims to be the furnace before it was reconstructed. Whether this is accurate or not is unclear. The arch matches up. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The Baker Mansion</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Baker Mansion was built between 1844 and 1848. Elias Baker chose the site for his homestead in 1844. The site contained everything that was necessary for the operation of an iron furnace. Farmland, mill, stable, carriage house, barn, and log houses for the iron furnace workers. Of course, it contained a mansion befitting an iron master and his family. The mansion would remain a private residence until 1914, when Anna Baker died in December of that year. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">On February 10, 1922, the Baker heirs agreed to allow the <a href="http://www.blairhistory.org/" target="_blank">Blair County Historical Society</a> (chartered in 1906) to lease the mansion for use as a museum. In 1941, the Historical Society was able to purchase the mansion outright. They have operated it ever since, offering tours and changing exhibits. The current exhibit is based on World War II in relation to Blair County.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The following photos are only a few items of what is available to explore at the mansion. I highly recommend a visit of your own!</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">These are two views, ca. 1900-1910, from the front porch of the mansion. The view is very different today. Photos courtesy of Blair County Historical Society.</span></h2>
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The rear of the Baker Mansion.</h2>
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First floor hallway.</h2>
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The dining room. Toward the right of the photo is a dumbwaiter, which went to the kitchen in the basement.</h2>
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The dumbwaiter.</h2>
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The basement kitchen.</h2>
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Subbasement, and refrigeration room. at the back is a troth for a freshwater spring.</h2>
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Fireplace in the basement.</h2>
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More portraits. The coal furnace in the back was created at Elizabeth Furnace.</h2>
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The World War II exhibit on the second floor.</h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">These kilns operated in the early 1900's and used limestone quarried nearby. Blair Limestone Company was a subsidiary of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company of Pittsburgh. Limestone was used in the steel making process, along with coke and iron. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Blair Limestone Company was formed in 1891, with John King McLanahan, of Hollidaysburg, as President. The name of the organization was changed to the Blair Supply Company around 1907. According to the National Park Service-America's Industrial Heritage Project (1990), the kilns operated until ca. 1916, employing mainly Hungarian and Italian labor, some of whose descendants still live in the area. Each kiln measures 23 square feet and 30 feet in height. This is a very unique and easily accessible site. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">There are interpretive signs, but they are pretty weathered. They're still possible to read, but they have seen better days.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The kiln in the foreground, that is gated off; this is the only one that contains a brick bosh in the center. I'm not sure if the others had them and they're gone.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Between the kilns and the back wall which would have supported the plant. Apparently there is a scale model of the facility at the visitors center in the park.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Inside one of the concrete lined kilns.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Coke Oven Season will be here before you know it. I'm trying to work on stuff now for the season, so I'm ready to go. In the meantime, go check out these sites on this post. There wasn't even any trespassing involved! </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is coming up this Saturday August 17. It begins with the new trail opening at noon and will last until around 9, or until people want to hang around. Please try and make it out. We have 50 vendors this year and six bands on two stages. It's a very family friendly event and located right in beautiful downtown Export, PA. I will be sharing a booth with my friend Mary Jane. She will be displaying archaeological artifacts from the nearby Larimer homestead site. I will be talking to people and displaying some of my mining stuff. I will also have books available to purchase from our <a href="http://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2019/03/hester-coke-works-cleanup-2019.html" target="_blank">Hester Coke Works</a> restoration. Come enjoy the history and future of a wonderful Southwestern Pennsylvania coal town!</span></h2>
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<br />Coke Oven Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00793208285590253080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048678732955919447.post-77266762829340494812019-07-17T18:35:00.000-04:002019-07-17T18:39:20.296-04:00James A Kell Visitor Center/Keystone State Park<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Hello everybody! I hope everyone is enjoying their summer and surviving this heat. It's been awhile since my last post. I've been outside working, swimming, or on the river somewhere. I haven't come across anything that I haven't already written about, but there are definitely some plans in the works. Once Coke Oven Season rolls around again, it should be back to business as usual. Hopefully busier. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Today I happened to be working out at Keystone State Park and finally got an opportunity to get into the Kell Visitor Center and check out their nice mining museum. It's small, but there are certainly some unique items and photos from this neck of the woods. The collection mainly contains items from the Salem 1 & 2 Mines, and the Huron Mine and Coke Works. The center doesn't seem to have regular hours and is manned by one employee, she also does hikes and other activities. I was fortunate enough that she unlocked the door for me today. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The stone building was originally built by the Keystone Coal & Coke Company, and was used as a meeting place to conduct business, and also as a hunting and recreational lodge for its executives and management. Like I said, it's hard to get in there, but aside from the mining collection, there are other exhibits related to the park as well as the foliage and animals located within its boundaries. It's a very nice mixture of history and nature. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">One thing I didn't do was get a photo of the outside. This is the building and the photo was borrowed from <a href="http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMXZMW_James_A_Kell_Visitor_Center_Derry_Pennsylvania" target="_blank">Waymarking.com</a></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is probably the most interesting piece in the collection. It is a piece of wooden pipe that was used to transport the water from the Keystone reservoir to the coke plant at Salemville. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Keystone No. 1 Mine and Coke Works, from a postcard I own. This mine and coke works operated from 1900-1960. A much more detailed history can be found <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151221115201/http://patheoldminer.rootsweb.ancestry.com/salem.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Some photos showing the Salem No. 2 Mine which was located at the state park.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A collection of miners tags from the Salem Mines.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A very blurry photo of a squib holder.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">More mining artifacts.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A photo of women standing at the Belgian style coke ovens that used to be at the Huron Coke Works near the Salem No. 1 Mine. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A couple photos of the Huron Works. I had these on my computer and I don't know where they originated. This one falsely labels them as beehive ovens. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This one, I'm assuming, meant to say "Push Coke Ovens". </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"Tipple Sheet" and other papers from the Salem No. 2 Mine.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Another sheet showing photos from the three mines.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The women on the Huron ovens.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Salem No. 1 Mine. Same photo as the postcard I have. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Salemville 1947.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Salem No. 1 coke ovens.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Some more mining tools on display.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Signage located next to the coal wagon.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Mine map showing the Salem No. 1 and Huron Mines. Both sites have been completely reclaimed, and nothing significant of the mines or ovens remains. There is one foundation at the Huron works, but the company houses are all gone and have been replaced by newer houses. Salemville still has some company houses, as well as the company store and a couple other buildings. Nothing remains of the mine or coke works. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A very detailed history of the Huron Mine and Coke Works, written by Ray Washlaski can be downloaded <a href="https://www.academia.edu/37966423/HURON._History_of_the_Huron_Mine_and_Coke_Works_Huron_Salem_Township_Westmoreland_County_Pennsylvania_U.S.A._Another_Coal_Mining_Ghost_Town_Contains_Huron_Mine_Miners_Memorial._" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This photo appears to have the ovens under construction. The Huron Mine and Coke Works operated roughly through 1895 into the late 1920's. By 1927 the ovens were cold, but the coal was still being coked at the Salem No. 1 Coke Works. If you're interested in learning more about the the Huron Mine and Coke Works, I highly recommend downloading Ray's paper. There are many more photos. </span></h2>
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<br />Coke Oven Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00793208285590253080noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048678732955919447.post-48156638713611152242019-04-07T20:03:00.000-04:002019-04-07T20:06:26.456-04:00Along the Redbank Trail<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">With the 2018/19 coke oven season approaching a rapid end, we now have an opportunity to get on the bike and hit some of our regional rail trails. This is turning out to be the perfect Spring for riding. I have been wanting to ride on this trail for years now, but couldn't get to the sections I wanted to see until they reopened the Climax railroad tunnel. I started at New Bethlehem and headed west. A roughly 25 mile round trip on your bike gets you access to one coke plant, two brickyards, and two railroad tunnels. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This historic rail bed was first opened by the Allegheny Valley Railroad in March 1873. On November 5, 2007, the last train rolled through New Bethlehem. The railroad would also be operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad, Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad, and the Mountain Laurel Railroad. It was a low grade road and the grades are almost entirely perfect. There was no coasting going in either direction. The engineering used to create this railroad was amazing.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Finding much of anything on the history of these ovens is proving to be difficult. The little bit I did find is from the 1887 History Of Clarion County book. These ovens were developed in the circa 1881 by Messrs, Jones and Brinker. The works were sold to the Northwestern Coal and Iron Company and it is unclear how long they operated. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The following history is taken from the October 28, 1885 Coal Trade Journal.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The trail developers did and excellent job of supplying historical informational signs at every feature on the trail.This sign got me thinking of copperheads though. I didn't see any, but I did see a porcupine!</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">All 30 ovens are still relatively intact. These are some old ovens. None of the bricks that I could find were stamped, but I would assume they were manufactured at one of the nearby brickyards.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">According to the trade journal, the mine would have been somewhere up on this hill.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Eastern portal of the recently restored Climax Tunnel. The western portal is a few photos down.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Looking across the creek at the former company town of Climax.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This building was most likely related to the refractory.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The portals are both brick lined at the beginning. After that, the tunnel is cut through solid rock.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Yesterday we had our second annual Hester Coke Works cleanup. It was an incredibly successful event. We had over 40 volunteers and were able to get an awful lot of work done. I'd like to give a big shout out to the <a href="https://www.sewickleycreek.com/" target="_blank">Sewickley Creek Watershed Association</a>, <a href="https://www.troopwebhost.org/Troop457NewStanton/Index.htm" target="_blank">New Stanton Boy Scout Troop 457</a>, <a href="https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/house_bio.cfm?id=1738" target="_blank">State Representative Eric Nelson</a>, <a href="http://www.sia-web.org/" target="_blank">Society for Industrial Archaeology</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cjsbookcase/" target="_blank">The Book Case</a> Book Store in Connellsville, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stuff.thatsgone/" target="_blank">Stuff That's Gone</a>, <a href="https://mphistory.com/" target="_blank">Mt. Pleasant Historical Society</a>, <a href="http://coalcampusa.com/" target="_blank">Coal Camp USA</a>, <a href="http://www.jasonwilkinsonnursery.com/" target="_blank">Wilkinson Nursery</a>, and everybody else that came out to help. Every one of you did an incredible job, and this project is well on its way to becoming a highlight and a must-see point of interest in Westmoreland County. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">More information on these incredible ovens can be found <a href="http://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2018/05/cleaning-up-hester.html" target="_blank">here</a>, and the book I've written on Hester Coke Works is available at the Book Case (724-628-9181) at 809 Blackstone Road Connellsville, PA, or by contacting me through here or our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/coalandcoke/" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is just a collection of photos from the event. Anybody else that was snapping photos, please send them to me and I will add them.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Once again, thanks to everybody involved, and I'm still in awe about all that we accomplished. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The following photo's were taken by CJ Paxinos of the Book Case Connellsville.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A year or two ago, a friend of mine messaged me about some coke ovens he had seen across from the Madison Country Club. I checked the location on the map and just assumed they were part of the Upper Whyel, <a href="http://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2013/01/upper-whyel-coke-works.html" target="_blank">Yukon Coke Works</a>. I covered that area six years ago and thought I got it all. Fast forward to a couple weeks ago when Lou came across a previously unavailable map, which clearly marked this area as two separate coke works. One was listed as the Whyel Coke Company's ovens and the other was listed as the Byrne Coal and Coke Company's ovens. This indicated that we had finally located the elusive Virgie Coke Works! We were all long aware that Virgie existed near Madison but we could never place it. This long lost map gave us the missing piece. It was extremely easy to misidentify. The end of the Yukon ovens and the beginning of the Virgie ovens are, at most, fifty feet apart. It was always assumed that both sets of ovens were part of Whyel. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Today started with the counting of ovens. Counting coke ovens is my version of Hell on Earth. I hate it. Absolutely despise it. Trying to keep track of the count while cutting your way through jaggers, and trekking through swamps trying to keep your feet dry is too much for a mere mortal man. Turns out Lou is good at it though. I forget the count on the Yukon ovens, and looking back on that post from six years ago, it really needs redone. No dialogue whatsoever. So focusing on Virgie: We needed 42 ovens and we counted 42 ovens. We were there. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The long lost map. Our focus today was to start at Whyel, get past the ovens, locate the tipple ruins, locate the Virgie ovens, locate the Virgie tipple ruins, and follow the railroad grade to the end. I'm proud to say we pulled it off. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Byrne Coal and Company was organized in 1913, and the Virgie Mine and Coke Works began operations in 1914.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A 1913 announcement of the Byrne Coal and Coke Company's new charter, from the Coal and Coke Operator trade journal.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Now, this new enterprise was operated exclusively within the Byrne family. The father was John R. Byrne. He had 12 children, and was involved in an enormous amount of industry in his lifetime. The following biographic description comes from the "Book Of Prominent Pennsylvanians", published in 1913.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The man had his hands in a little bit of everything. He worked hard. Interesting is the fact that he was involved with the Connellsville Mutual Coke Company. The players in these companies always seem to run together. One of the greatest hidden historic coke works in Westmoreland County is the <a href="http://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2016/01/love-coke-works-unity-township-pa.html" target="_blank">Love Works</a>, that were operated by the Connellsville Mutual Coke Company. I love when pieces start falling into place. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">One of John R. Byrne's sons was also featured in the book. He was a Uniontown attorney and a director in the Byrne Coal and Coke Company.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The "firm of Byrne & Byrne" would indicate that another one of the Byrne's also became an attorney. This was a large family. I would imagine that there are descendants in the area. I would love to hear more about the Byrne's family involvement in the coal and coke industry.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Back to Virgie. In the Pennsylvania Mining Reports, Virgie is listed as a new mine in 1914. No coke ovens are listed for this year. In 1915, 34 ovens are listed. 1916 would also list 34 ovens, producing 23,286 tons of coke, and operating for 279 days that year. In 1917, eight more ovens were constructed at Virgie. The 42 ovens would produce 37,781 tons of coke that year. 1919 would be the last year that Virgie appeared in the mining reports. In 1919, only 9,164 tons of coke were produced in their 42 ovens. This is an indication that the mine was being worked out. In 1920, the mine is no longer listed in the mining reports, but the coke works is still listed in the Connellsville Courier's coke oven list. It would remain this way until 1924. After that, I can find no trace of the Virgie Coke Works. From 1920-1924, it is likely that the ovens were still operating but the coal was being brought in from somewhere else. All indications at Virgie, like nearly every other coke plant in the region, suggest that these ovens were reconstructed and used by somebody much later than 1924. This is nearly impossible to find any records of, as they weren't always used legally. Occasionally, you can find mentions of small companies or individuals using these ovens in old newspapers, but I was unable to do this with Virgie. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Starting out at the Yukon ovens.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Approaching the end of the Yukon Ovens.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Immediately after the ovens we located the ruins of the tipple we were looking for. There is a much clearer photo a little further down. Bear with me.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Climbing up over the hill, searching for the Yukon Mine's drift entrance, we saw several of these old water tanks.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">More of the Yukon tipple ruins. The large concrete structure went directly to the tipple to load the larry cars with coal. These smaller "steps" led directly to the slate dump.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">More of the slate dump side of the tipple.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Brother Lou's leg and another tipple pier.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This massive concrete structure was part of the main tipple.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Looking over at the Yukon Mine's slate dump.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Looking up the Whyel Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Heading to Virgie Coke Works.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">About 50 feet up the old grade, we approached the corner of the Virgie coke yard. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The beginning of the Virgie Coke Works.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Immediately it is noticeable that these ovens have been greatly altered. Concrete block was not traditionally used in beehive coke oven construction.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This whole area was a viney mess.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Some ovens that are still in decent condition.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The dome of this oven had a seriously distorted wave. The firebrick appears to be in excellent condition though.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The door arch of this oven is intact now, but in another year or two it's going to be on the ground.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">More evidence of later modifications.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Fascinating brick arch work.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Trees hate coke ovens.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Somebody was using these after 1924. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The front is still nice on this oven but the oven itself has collapsed.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Looking over at the Virgie slate dump.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Lou holding one of the golf balls that he found. Apparently they get whacked the whole way over here from the golf club. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The wall of this oven has completely collapsed.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Down in the clearing. This is the area of the ovens that are visible from Yukon Road.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This wall remains but everything around it has collapsed.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Some of the more deteriorated ovens.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Piers from the Virgie tipple on the other side of the stream.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">More of the Virgie tipple structure.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Up above the coke works, we found this small impounded reservoir. It was most likely used to quench the coke at the Virgie Coke Works.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Ruins of the old stone dam.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Looking down at the ovens from the slate dump.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Virgie Mine slate dump. From Yukon Road, you only see the top of the mine dump. It looks small. The backside of it is absolutely massive. For it's small lifespan, Virgie Mine removed a lot of material from under the ground.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Looking down the dump into the valley.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Leaving this area. Bloody from jaggers and thorns, muddy as anything, with wet feet, we came across a nice piece of Pennsylvania Railroad track still intact.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Last Saturday we had an incredible opportunity to explore the old brickyards and sandstone/silica mine of the company that gave us all those Yough, Lyon, and Salina coke oven bricks. Thanks to Mitch and his crew for taking us here! After spending the majority of this week trying to figure out what we had, we are 90% sure that we're on the right track. The 10% certainty that we're missing is the location of Child's Station on the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad (Pittsburgh, McKeesport and Youghiogheny Railroad), now the famous Great Allegheny Passage. We know from the 1897 Clay and Clay Workers Industries of Pennsylvania report that there were three brickyards located at, or near, Layton. This report only lists one as being on the west side of the river. That was us. The report also states that this company (the Stuart Fire Brick Company) made silica and sand brick only. This was also us, evidenced from the brick remaining on site. The clincher is the fact that the "silica is quarried about a half mile from the works and run in on a tramway". This is exactly what we were looking at. On the way back to the quarry and mine we walked past unmistakable evidence of this tramway. Cuts and grades still mark the path of this tramway, and are very easily identifiable today. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Here's what we're missing: The date of the turnover to the Kier Fire Brick Company from the Stuart Fire Brick Company. The Kier Fire Brick Company was very active in the northernmost portion of Westmoreland County at Salina since 1845. The buildings were all still intact until a few years ago and I remember them well. The day I went out to document them, they were gone. Only a concrete pad remains today at the location. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Stuart Fire Brick Co. advertisement from a 1901 Connellsville Courier. The question remains, is Child's Station the same location as Kier? Child's Station does not appear on any maps that we have been able to locate. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">By 1931 this location was the site of a town named Kier:</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Going off the evidence we have, it's an educated guess that these are one and the same. The earliest record I can find of Kier operating in this location is in a 1918 Connellsville Courier.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Connellsville Courier March 25, 1918.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">An undated Clay Worker trade journal ad showing the Kier Plant at Layton. This is definitely our place.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Further evidence that Kier and Child's Station are one and the same come from this early advertisement of the Kier Fire Brick Company.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Another Kier advertisement listing the brands they produced. We found hundreds of every one of these brands at this site, but I don't recall finding one "Etna". </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> In 1933, all of the Kier properties were purchased by the General Refractories Company. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Another question remains, and that is how long did this operation last? General Refractories operated until 1988, when it was absorbed by Belmont Industries in 1988, taken over by AP Green in 1994, which became part of Radex-Heraklith Industriebeteiligungs AG, (aka RHI), of Vienna at the same time. The plants themselves, Salina definitely lasted until the 1980's, and the Layton plant from all appearances lasted just as long. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is what is here today, and on a side note, please don't ask me for this location because I will not give it to you. We were here with an experienced caving team that is well trained and equipped for these types of environments. You should never, under any circumstances, enter a hole in the side of a hill without proper equipment and people that are trained to navigate these types of situations. Even then, you should think twice. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The rooms inside this mine are enormous. The ceilings are roughly 20 feet high. They are very similar to a railroad tunnel cut through this type of rock.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Part of a haulage cart inside the mine.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You can climb deep inside of a mountain and still not escape politics. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Part of a support pillar holding up the roof of the mine.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Old insulators that held the power lines.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Old tracks that ran throughout the mine. This mine is frequently used by caving groups and the way out is clearly marked. Without these markings, a person could easily get lost in the labyrinth of tunnels. Again, never go in a hole in the side of a hill.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">White silica sandstone.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Holes were punched through all of the walls of the rooms. You could see into the next room. I'm unsure if this helped with ventilation or what the reason was. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A split in the tracks.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A wheel off a haulage cart.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Back outside.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">To the left of the entrance is another sealed up heading,</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Lou, Mitch and one of his guys.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The old quarry.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Youghiogheny River,</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">An enormous Salina block. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Over at the refractory. The blocks to the right of the building are the ruins of an old kiln. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">More old kiln ruins.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This looks like part of the water supply for the brickyard. There is a pump station by the river.</span></h2>
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<br />Coke Oven Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00793208285590253080noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048678732955919447.post-12524546370669537832019-01-27T19:48:00.001-05:002019-01-27T19:49:35.635-05:00A Walk Along the Old Canal in Cokeville<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Yesterday, a small group of us got together to take another walk through Cokeville. I have been back there many times, but concentrated exclusively on the town itself, the old railroad alignments, and the coke ovens. Today (yesterday will be referred to as today from here on out) we took a walk out there to try and find the remains of the old canal that ran right through the heart of the former town. We found some of the most extant sections of the Western Division of the Pennsylvania Canal that still contain water. This was a great find in itself, but we learned that a large portion of this canal section is inhabited by beavers. Nothing is better than being with some of your favorite people, exploring lost history, and combining it with an element of wildlife which have adapted, and thrived, in an enormous man-made ditch which stretched across the entire state. So few people are even aware of the Pennsylvania Canal, which was one of the greatest transportation achievements in the history of the state, but became obsolete almost immediately after its completion. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The canal predated the dawn of the great Pennsylvania Railroad, which would consume enormous portions of the canal either by filling it in to lay its tracks or by using its towpaths. This makes finding sections of the canal that are still intact rare, let alone portions that still contain water. Fortunately, we can still find both if we know where to look. There is still a very intact, and easily accessible section along the West Penn Trail at <a href="http://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2013/03/off-of-west-penn-trail-saltsburg-section.html" target="_blank">White Station</a>, as well as a nice section (sans water) near Conemaugh Dam, but finding a large intact section requires a good deal of research. I know I'm of the opinion that everything should be preserved, but the easy accessibility of this site, along with it being located on government land, would make this a great project to understand and interpret this piece of Pennsylvania history. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Down in Cokeville along the river. These are the piers for the bridge that connected this town and Blairsville. This road alignment was an early alignment of Route 217 which connected Derry and Blairsville. More information on Cokeville and my earlier trips to town can be found <a href="http://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2016/02/isabella-coke-works-cokeville-pa.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2013/11/cokeville-paisabella-furnace-mine-and.html" target="_blank">also here</a>.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">These photos are of the beaver evidence that we found along the old canal.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Toward the center of the photo you can easily see the this iced over section of canal.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Cliff examining beaver evidence along the banks of the canal.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A nice intact section of canal.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">More beaver work.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">More canal.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Piers from the old Western Pennsylvania Railroad dating back to ca. 1863.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Another <a href="http://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2017/06/stone-arch-bridges-on-conemaugh-river.html" target="_blank">mason mark</a> on one of the enormous cut stones.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Looking down from the old railroad grade.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Some of the remaining ovens from the <a href="http://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2013/11/cokeville-paisabella-furnace-mine-and.html" target="_blank">Isabella Coke Works</a> circa 1872.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I am standing on the Cokeville Spur of the Western Pennsylvania Railroad, later Pennsylvania Railroad. To the immediate left is the coke pier and beyond that are the ovens and coke yard.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Brother Lou checking out the ovens.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Mary Jane and I discovered this tree during one of our previous trips here. It's still the same. The bottom of this fallen tree contains the entire floor of one of the coke ovens. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Another one of our previous finds. This is a stream running through the center of an old coke oven. The top waterfall is running over the back wall of the oven. The one below that is running over the tile floor of the oven. Below that is erosion from this stream.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A few more of the remaining ovens.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">These photos were taken from the field behind Torrance State Hospital.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">On Saturday, I headed back out to Livermore to dig around a little more and follow the 1863 alignment of the Western Pennsylvania Railroad down to the old bridge approach further downriver. It was something I'd been wanting to do for a few years now, and I decided to keep it local since nobody can predict weather in Pittsburgh anymore. Spoiler alert: it didn't snow. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Anyway, as we know, there's no indication of the town of Livermore ever existing as far as foundations and structural remains. The railroad alignment sat much higher above the ground and hasn't been subjected to the constant bombardment of floodwaters that buried any trace of the town deep in the mud of the floodplain. Prior to 1907, when the large stone arch bridges were constructed, the railroad largely followed the course of the river, instead of bridging its way across it. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The 1903 Latrobe Quad topographic map shows the course of the original alignment through this area. A total of three bridges existed between Social Hall and Bow Ridge. I am fairly certain that the Social Hall bridge was reused in the 1907 alignment. Other than that, the four huge stone arch bridges that exist today as part of the West Penn Trail were constructed, straightening the line. This resulted in the bridges west of Livermore and at Bow Ridge being replaced, as well blasting a new tunnel through Bow Ridge. Today I concentrated on the old alignment from Livermore to the first bridge to the west.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This 1953 Pittsburgh Regional Map shows (roughly) how the alignment looked after 1907. Very soon after this map was produced, the railroad was forced to move to higher ground to make room for the Conemaugh Dam flood control project. Social Hall already ceased to exist at the time of this map, but shortly after, Livermore and Fillmore would also be erased from any future maps. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">As I said before, this alignment didn't become active until 1863 when the Western Pennsylvania Railroad opened it. However, it was mapped out, and some of the grading was done several years earlier. In 1853, the North-Western Railroad Company was created to build a line from Allegheny Portage to New Castle. The purpose of the railroad was to build a western route bypassing Pittsburgh and connecting with the Cleveland and Mahoning Railroad at New Castle. Surveying and grading from Blairsville to Butler began in 1854, no track was laid at this time. The North-Western Railroad went belly up due to the panic of 1857. The Western Pennsylvania Railroad Company was formed in 1859 after purchasing the North-Western ROW in foreclosure. Trains started running from Blairsville to Saltsburg in the Fall of 1863. So some of this grading possibly dates back to 1854. There is an enormous cut just above Livermore, and the grade itself still remains very prominent and easy to follow.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Getting onto to the grade was very easy. It's directly behind where Livermore station used to sit, right along the trail.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Looking down into the former Livermore town site. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This cut stone sits right below the old railroad grade. It's hard to tell what it's related to. I've looked on the old town maps, as well as old aerials, and all I can come up with is that it was part of the edge of the road. It was certainly part of Main Street, Livermore if that's the case.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Maybe this what part of a tunnel heading under the railroad grade? The other side did not contribute to that theory, but the terrain has been changed so many times over the years. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Nice Star arch brick just sitting here. These are typically seen at coke oven sites. No idea why it's here. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Immediately it comes to this old foundation. The old maps really don't suggest much in this area other than the original railroad station house. This may have been part of that.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This 1876 map of Livermore clearly shows the "R.R. Station Ho".</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A closeup of that foundation.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">More of the grade. This is where it gets a little confusing. This is obviously an intentional dig in the center. The center cut does not line up with the rest of the grade though. The grade itself seems to be on the left. This is too deep to be drainage for the railroad, the canal was located clear on the other side of town, so it's kind of a mystery.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Above it was some more cut stone. Perhaps it was a siding for the old station.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A little further up were these old piers.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Up on the grade again.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Certainly the railroad grade. The cut from earlier is down on the right.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A very odd growing tree.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Left of the railroad grade. I finally got to see the other side of the culvert that I found from the river a couple years ago. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It's still working and flowing. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is the other side of it and can be found on a previous post by clicking<a href="http://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2017/06/stone-arch-bridges-on-conemaugh-river.html" target="_blank"> here</a>.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Approaching the huge cut.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">An old railroad spike, in an old railroad tie, that has been sitting here since at least 1907. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This cut is flooded. It wasn't cold enough to be frozen completely through so I had to pick my best slushy spots. My feet remained dry and I was successful in my mission. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I did climb the cut on the right before I got to the end. This was too flooded. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Coming out of the cut I noticed a huge foundation on the left. The 1939 aerial shows a farm here, so I'm assuming this was a barn foundation.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The farm is toward the center of the 1939 aerial. The old grade is easily identifiable coming up west of Livermore. The 1907 alignment, and the current West Penn Trail, is at the bottom of the photo. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Closeup of the old foundation.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Toward the center of this photo is a concrete trough that ran the length of the foundation. Further making me believe this was a barn.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Walking out of the farm area. Obvious grade on the right.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Back on top of the grade.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">What was interesting about this area was the amount of ballast that remains. This grade does flood, but it's not as frequent as the areas closer to the dam. This grade and bridge approach are really high off the river.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is looking off the grade and bridge approach at the second stone arch bridge east of Bow Ridge.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Coming up to the top of the old bridge approach.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Looking across at the other abutment. Second stone arch bridge to the left.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The top of the bridge approach. I've always wanted to be up here!</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Opposite bridge abutment with the old pad for one of the piers at the bottom of the photo.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">These pier pads are not always underwater. I have paddled up alongside of them in the summer. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Side of the bridge approach. Again, other angles of this can be seen <a href="http://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2017/06/stone-arch-bridges-on-conemaugh-river.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Remains of long gone trees.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Walking back. This time I walked over the top of the cut. This and the following photos are looking down into it. It's hard to tell how deep this cut actually is without seeing it firsthand.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Back in Livermore. The Livermore Bridge is in the background and the old canal basin is in the foreground. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The old town site of Livermore. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">After walking around town for awhile, I decided to look for the old abutment for the Livermore/Fillmore Bridge. I was never able to find this in the summer. The Fillmore side is clearly visible from the river but the Livermore side sits further inland. This abutment is buried deep in the flood mud and is completely covered with vegetation in the summer. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The old Livermore/Fillmore Bridge.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A couple more photos of the Livermore side abutment.</span></h2>
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Coke Oven Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00793208285590253080noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048678732955919447.post-90121229776392789272019-01-06T20:42:00.000-05:002019-01-07T17:23:33.445-05:00Coolspring Reservoir & Lemont No. 2<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Today Lou and I had a great opportunity to check out an incredible old reservoir and the ruins of the Lemont No. 2 Mine and Coke Works. Thank you Rose-Marie and John for showing us around! It was definitely a fun day. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I really haven't done much with old reservoirs, other than mentioning them when they applied to old coke works. This reservoir appears to have mostly supplied municipal drinking water. There were three reservoirs involved in this system and they kind of stepped down Chestnut Ridge using an impressive series of cut stone spillways and dams along Coolspring Run. The reservoirs are not completely unrelated to coal and coke; during the storm of July 1912, the reservoirs overflowed their dams and sent water rushing down the ridge to the villages below. The Lemont No. 1 and Superba Mines were completely inundated, resulting in the deaths of 18 miners, 3 in Lemont, and 15 in Superba. The Superba Mine would never go into operation again, but Frick had Lemont No. 1 running again by the end of the year. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Dating this reservoir is also proving to be difficult. The 1900 topographic map shows the lowest reservoir but not the higher ones. Also, this site is the location of Coolspring Furnace which was constructed ca. 1820 by Thomas McKean. According to <a href="http://www.r2parks.net/Coolspring.html" target="_blank">Richard Parks</a>, the stones from this furnace were used in the construction of the lower dam. We searched but we were not able to locate the remains of this furnace. A nearby limestone mine that is encroaching on the area may have buried the remains, or we might have just missed them. The site is pretty thick in areas, even in the winter. The furnace ceased operations around 1860 due to a shortage of water in the area, which is an exceptional run for an iron furnace. So we know the furnace stone was used to construct the first dam. A 1908 Morning Herald article mentions that the reservoir was used to supply water to Uniontown, and the supply wasn't high enough. The upper reservoir appears in the 1941 county map. The limited resources I have access to regarding reservoirs does not allow me to pinpoint any specific dates for these projects. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1900 Uniontown quad topographic map showing the lower Coolspring Reservoir.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Uniontown Morning Herald Saturday, August 15, 1908</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1941 Fayette County map.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We started seeing nice stone walls as soon as we started climbing the hill.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Not too long after, we came across this small concrete dam and spillway.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">There are slits in the concrete on the spillway that look like they could have been used to direct the flow of water. Directly above here is a confluence of three small streams.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Close up of the "slits".</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The water appears to have eroded this spillway.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The other side of the stream.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The back side of the dam.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">More of the spillway. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is at the top and what we're going to call the middle reservoir. There's another one above here. This is a huge concrete dam.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Looking across what's left of the reservoir. Notice the wall in the background. This would have been the full capacity of the reservoir. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Looking downstream from the spillway. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Remaining stone along the spillway.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Stone floor of the spillway.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Waterfall below the middle reservoir.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Heading back above the middle reservoir. Right now there is one pipe that leads down to the limestone mine. Other than that, these reservoirs are unused. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is the wall we were looking at from the other side.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The spillway from the upper reservoir to the middle reservoir.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">What's left of the upper reservoir. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Upper reservoir spillway.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This trail leads up to the Summit Inn on Route 40. About five miles away.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Lower reservoir spillway.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Lemont No. 2 </span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">All these years I have had my Lemont's mixed up. I did a post a few years ago on what I thought was Lemont No. 2 but it turns out it was <a href="http://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2016/03/lemont-no-2-coke-works.html" target="_blank">Lemont No. 1</a>. So if this history sounds familiar, that's why. The link to Lemont No. 1 will take you to the post but I need to get back in there and change it.</span></span></b></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Regardless, this is an interesting site. We located three drift entrances. Two are flooded, and the one that isn't is sealed about 20 feet back. One of the entrances is horribly leaking aluminum tainted water, but it just disappears and goes back underground. We all know this stuff comes out somewhere though... </span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The engine house is still extant and actually in really good shape. The coke ovens are either buried or removed. We did locate the top of two or three. The site looks like it's used for several different purposes. It was used at one point as a processing plant for recovering useful material from slate dumps, and it looks like wood mulch was made here. It's a pretty expansive site, and its later use in light industry left a good portion intact. That being said, most of the original structures are gone and have been replaced by buildings to serve its later needs. </span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Lemont No 2. was listed as a new mine in
the 1890 Reports of the Inspectors of Mines. It was operated by the
McClure Coke Company and initially contained 300 ovens. 50 more ovens
were added in 1895 and 350 would be the final oven count during the
plants lifetime. McClure operated this plant until 1900 when the plant
was taken over by the H.C. Frick Coke Company. Frick would operate
Lemont No. 2 until at least 1920. Throughout the 1930's, and until at
least 1945 the plant was operated by the Lemont Coal and Coke Company.
In August 1948 the Pittsburgh Post Gazette reported that the King Coal
& Coke Company fired 100 of the ovens after "leasing the property
from Charles H. Friday". Charles Friday purchased the plant in March
1948 from the H.C. Frick Coke Co. This suggests that the Lemont C&C
Co. was just leasing the plant from Frick. The newspaper article states
"The Firm (King) spent three weeks on reconstruction work and expects
to have the plant in full operation with 300 beehive coke ovens
September 15". </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">In 1966 Charles Friday, who also had
coal interests in Bobtown, Greene County, ran an ad in the paper
telling hunters and the general public that the land where Lemont No. 2
is located is posted as No Trespassing.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">October 5, 1966 - Uniontown Evening Standard</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>This is a portion of the Lemont
No. 2 mine map as it was shown in the 1893 Reports of the Inspectors of
Mines. It clearly shows the 300 original ovens. </b></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1939 aerial showing Lemont No. 2 Mine and Coke Works. The extant engine house is visible at the center bottom but all of the other structures in this photo are gone. Also visible in this photo are the mine entrances just northeast of the engine house. The ovens are also clearly visible.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A portion of the mine map showing the entry and the haulage tracks.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Portion of the mine map showing the engine house. The boiler house is gone.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The engine house.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A little further down was this open shed. These are belts for something.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Old junk gas trucks over by the slate dump.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Slate and ash dumps.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Cap on a shaft.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Massive old footer.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The main mine entrances. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The right portal. This is a mess of aluminum drainage too.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The left portal. Dry and sealed.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Exposed left portal.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Exposed right portal.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Another shot of the left.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Remains of a fan house above the entries.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The tunnel of love. Side entry, completely polluted with aluminum drainage. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Old steel cable laying around.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">More recent tree mulcher.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We assumed this spins the trees, sends them down the belt and mulches them. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The remaining coke oven block.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is the extent of the remaining ovens at Lemont No. 2 Coke Works.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Another piece of more modern machinery.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Huge Manitowoc dragline.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is part of the machinery used to process slate dumps.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Old Armstrong coal stove.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A massive pile of reclaimed coke. </span></h2>
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<br />Coke Oven Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00793208285590253080noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048678732955919447.post-2944987672339916312018-12-16T00:57:00.000-05:002018-12-16T01:00:20.252-05:00A Trot Around Trotter<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Today I had some business to take care of in Connellsville, and before doing so, I decided to stop over in Trotter and take a quick look to see if anything remained of the coke works. I was 90% sure that nothing remained and now I'm 100% certain. Mr. Standard met up with me and we combed the entire area for about an hour. We found some coke, bricks, a little bit of cut stone, some bare banks, and that's about it. The old railroad grades are still distinguishable so the site is still relatively easy to figure out with the help of old maps and aerials. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">First, a little bit of the history of Trotter. Trotter Shaft, coke works and the company town date back to 1880 and were constructed by the Connellsville Coal and Coke Company. Initially there were 200 coke ovens. By 1884, Frick had gained control of the plant. H.C. Frick Coke Company would operate this plant, with a total of 464 ovens, until 1935. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">An article from the 1880 Pennsylvania Bituminous Mining Report describing the opening of the Trotter Mine and Coke Works.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">An 1939 aerial of Trotter, a few years after it was abandoned. The large slate dump to the right of the ovens is now the site of the Connellsville Area School District's Dunbar Stadium. I am assuming the ovens were reclaimed whenever this facility was put in. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A few photos of Trotter Coke Works. These have been on my computer for a few years and I'm not sure of where they originated from. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The site of the former Trotter Coke Works.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Some random cut stone, most likely from the old coke ovens.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A nice piece of Trotter coke.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A little bit of the bank from the most western coke oven block.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Railroad grade that would have run between two of the coke oven blocks.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A pile of old coke oven brick and stone.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A large concrete footer with some steel attached, possibly related to the shaft head frame.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The same concrete footer. It is resting on top of a capped well or shaft. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We couldn't figure out of this is an old collapsed building, or if it was hauled in on a dump truck and dumped here. </span></h2>
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Coke Oven Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00793208285590253080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048678732955919447.post-30572861895921730452018-12-09T13:43:00.000-05:002019-10-12T00:12:53.049-04:00Two Cambria County Coke Plants<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Late last week I got an email from a guy, who hunts the state game lands near Fallentimber, PA, about some coke ovens he had found in the woods while deer hunting. Thanks John for the tip! Today Lou and I headed up there to check out the site. Afterward, we went up the road a little way towards Glasgow, PA to check out another old coke plant that John Qualley had stumbled across a few years ago. The latter has been on my list for a long time, so it was nice to get a chance to cross it off. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Both of these coke plants date back to the initial opening of the coal fields in northern Cambria County. These were both major operations in Reade Township and lasted for nearly 40 years. Information on each of these sites is very limited, so I spent last week digging through the mining reports trying to piece together a history of each of these places. The mines and coke plants were known, for pretty much their entire existence, as Dean No. 8 and Beccaria No. 1. Dean No. 8 was by far the most impressive of the two, and is probably in the top five of all the coke oven sites I have been to. The ovens themselves were not in the greatest condition, none of the fronts were intact, but what was left gave us so much information on how the works operated and how coke ovens in general were constructed. The whole site was so pristine and clean, allowing a great opportunity to spend the day in the woods. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Dean No 8 would become the replacement for <a href="http://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2019/10/rubinodean-no-9-coke-works.html" target="_blank">Dean No. 9</a>, which was worked out by 1911. Dean No. 9 was previously named Dean No. 4, so it actually predated Dean No. 8. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Dean No. 8 is listed as a new mine in 1897 and this is what the coke plant would be known as until the ovens went cold in 1925. Dean No. 8 Mine would appear until 1929 but no ovens were reported for the previous four years. Cresson and Clearfield Coal and Coke Company is listed as the operators until 1910, when the mine and coke works were sold to the Eastern Bituminous Coal Company. 1913 lists them under F.P. McFarland. From 1914 to 1927 the operators were the Reorganization Committee Eastern Bituminous Coal Mining Bonds. From 1914 on, there are 99 ovens listed. 1928 sees the owners as McFarland and Brothers, and 1929 announces the abandonment of Dean No. 8. However, no ovens were listed since 1924. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Remaining today is one block of intact ovens and one bank of collapsed ovens. The block itself appears to have had some of the ovens removed or destroyed on the western end. All of the ovens in the bank are collapsed, but the piers and sleeper stones for the larry cars are still intact. It's a very unique site.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Dean No. 8 Coke Works are shown in this 1939 aerial. It's obvious that the ovens were long cold by the time this photo was taken. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">After parking and while walking back to the coke oven site, we came across these piers. We decided that these were most likely related to the haulage from the mine to the coke works. Dean No. 8 was a slope mine and mined the Middle Kittanning seam which averaged 2.8 feet thick in this area.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">One of the piers.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Approaching the block of ovens. This is the side that appeared to have some ovens destroyed.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is the general extent of the condition of the Dean No. 8 coke ovens.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Very well defined coke yard, with the ovens on the right, yard in the center, and the railroad loadout on the left. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Portions of stone retaining walls are still extent on the block. Along the bank there is a lot of impressive stone work remaining. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Part of the stonework I was talking about. This is the end (or beginning) of the row of bank ovens.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Also impressive on the bank ovens is the very intact pier walls that still run along the loadout. The pier walls on the block side have pretty much all collapsed. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A few more of the block.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is looking over at the bank from the block. Notice how retaining walls remain but most of the ovens have collapsed. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Block ovens.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Notice the larry piers behind the retaining walls. The sleepers are still attached to most of these piers.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">More block. We're heading to the bank soon. I promise. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Scattered throughout the site were the blocks that formed the front of the ovens. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The end of the block of ovens. From the extent of the rubble above here, we think there may have been another ten or twelve ovens in this block. This could probably be figured out by counting ovens but that's no fun. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Scattered coke oven blocks.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A close up of one of the sleeper stones on the bank ovens. The rails for the larry cars that charged the ovens would sit right in the center of the carved stone. You can easily see the slot.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Words can not describe my love of huge cut stone. It's a lost art. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Looking over at the block. Sleeper stone in the foreground. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is on top of the bank with the block on the left.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">In this photo you can follow the sleeper stones through the trees. The piers on the right are almost all intact. The piers that held the other section of track, closer to the ovens themselves, have mostly fallen in with the ovens. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Some more random coke oven block.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This and the following photo show a great example of these piers and sleeper stones. When the coke works were constructed, these piers would have been built between the ovens and then buried with clay and soil along with the ovens. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The slots for the tracks are easily visible in these stones.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is view of how the piers were constructed between ovens. This is a block but the bank ovens would have used a similar design. The ovens in this photo are in <a href="http://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2015/01/tyler-coke-works-tyler-pa.html" target="_blank">Tyler, PA</a>.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The large stone wall at the end of the bank.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Below the ovens it is easy to see how the trains approached this site. The cut on the left would serve one side of the block and the bank. The cut on the right would lead to the other side of the block. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Below that is another switch. The main railroad branch is on the right and the left leads up to the previous switch to serve the ovens. The main branch only went as far as the mine loadout. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Two topographic maps sewn together showing how the railroad came up to Dean No. 8. This map also shows that there was some sort of company housing near the site. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Part of the old railroad grade heading towards Clearfield Creek. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Bridge piers and abutments that would have carried the railroad over the creek. The railroad that served these ovens started out as the Cresson & Clearfield County & NY Short Route Railroad and opened on July 1, 1886. It initially operated from Cresson to Ansonville. On January 2, 1893 the C&CC&NY was leased to the Pennsylvania Railroad. On June 30, 1894 the short route became the Cresson and Irvona (C&I) Railroad, operated by the PRR. On August 1, 1903 the C&I became part of the Cambria & Clearfield Railway Company. The Pennsylvania Railroad eventually absorbed everything and gave it a designated branch. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Coming into this site, we noticed some huge piles of old burned mine refuse. There were trenches dug around each pile and we think they were dug out to isolate the burning slate from the forest, allowing the fires to burn themselves out while protecting the woods. That's our theory. Who knows how this really played out?</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Lou standing in front of the largest pile. Before successfully reaching this point, he slid on the loose rock and allowed me to witness the slowest and softest fall in the history of people falling down. I'm still laughing about it today.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">That's a big pile of red dog.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Another shot of the haulage or tipple piers on the way out. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">On the way over to the Beccaria No. 1 ovens, we passed by this, what we believe to be, old boarding house in Fisk, PA. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Beccaria No. 1</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Beccaria No. 1 started off as the Smittie Mine in 1884 and was operated by Smittie and Company, owned and operated by Joseph Smittie. 25 ovens would appear in 1887. By 1888 Smittie was operating this plant with 40 ovens. In 1889 the mine and coke works switched hands and were renamed Bear Ridge Mine and Coke Works, operated by the Bear Ridge Coal and Coke Company. From 1890 to 1900, Bear Ridge would operate this plant as Mountaindale Mine and Coke Works. Most years 40 ovens would be listed, but occasionally 50 ovens would be noted. In 1900 (50 ovens) W.J. Nichols purchased this plant and ran it until 1902 when the Beccaria Coke Company took over. At this point it is still listed as Mountaindale Coke Works. In 1904, W.J. Nichols is back on board and in 1905 J. Blair Kennerly is running the show. I think Nichols and Kennerly were probably the Beccaria Coke Company because that's the way these things usually play out.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1906 is the year things started changing. 80 ovens are listed and the plant had been renamed to Beccaria, operated by the Clearfield Coal Company. This was also short lived because J. Blair Kennerly jumped back in in 1905 and ran it as Beccaria No. 1 from 1908 to 1913. 1914 and 1915 would see this plant operated under the Franklin National Bank (80 ovens at this point), with J.B. Kennerly listed as the agent. In 1916, Beccaria No. 1 is listed as idle but Beccaria No. 2 is listed as having 80 ovens, and being operated by J.R. McAllister. The reports would flip flop between Beccaria No. 1 and No. 2, containing 80 ovens, until 1921, when the Navy Standard Coal Company took over. Navy Standard ran it as Beccaria No. 1, 70 ovens listed at this point, until 1924, when the mine was exhausted. In 1924 the mine only operated for 21 days with 10 employees. No ovens were listed for that year. One would think the fate of Beccaria No. 1 would be sealed at this point, but boy, do I have a surprise for you! In 1925, the Glasgow Fuel Company must have gotten a good deal on an exhausted coal mine. They were probably mining the pillars and whatever reserves were left, but they managed to stretch this out over the next three years. 1925 would be the last year that any ovens were listed (70) and Glasgow Fuel Company only operated for 92 days with 17 employees that year. For the last three years Glasgow operated the mine as either Glasgow No. 1 or Glasgow No. 2, and in 1929 Smittie/Mountaindale/Beccaria No. 1/ Glasgow No. 2 would be nothing but a memory. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This site was the roughest of the two. The layout was quite interesting because of the way the ovens curved through the valley. There was a bank on each side. The land has been severely altered over the years so it was more difficult to get a grasp of how this site was originally laid out. It was interesting nonetheless.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You can see Beccaria in this 1939 aerial, located at the bottom, center. It is difficult to even figure out the layout from this old photo.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A first look at Beccaria No. 1</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">These two photos do allow you to see a little bit of the layout. The railroad came in right up the middle and the yards and ovens are located on either side. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is also the general condition of the ovens here. There were coyote and bobcat tracks all through here and leading up to some of the ovens. We didn't go in those ovens.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The inside of this oven is completely fried.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Today we took advantage of an incredible opportunity to explore the old Empire (later Bethany) Coke Works. A couple weeks ago I emailed the current land owner in Kentucky and we reached an agreement to allow me to access the property. A huge thank you goes out to Dean and the <a href="http://www.cleanstreams.net/" target="_blank">Clean Streams Foundation</a>. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Both Lou and me have been driving past this site for a few years trying to figure out a way to access this property. You can tell from the road that there is something back there. Once I learned who the property owner was, I began correspondence and it got us back there today. This is a major site that I (and Lou) can finally cross off the bucket list. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The coke plant and mine really didn't last long, didn't have a lot of acreage and was surrounded by mining properties of the some of the bigwigs of the time. The Empire Mine and Coke Works of the Bessemer Coke Company was listed as a new mine in 1899. At the time, this would be the Bessemer Coke Company's second mine and coke plant. The first was Humphrey's near Pleasant Unity, which is now completely reclaimed. Within ten years Bessemer would grow into the second largest independent coal and coke producer in the Connellsville and Lower Connellsville Coke Districts. I have covered <a href="http://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2014/12/masontown-pa-griffin-no1-no2-coke-works.html" target="_blank">Griffin</a> in Fayette County, and <a href="http://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2013/08/st-clair-coke-worksduquesne-coke-works.html" target="_blank">Duquesne</a> in Westmoreland ,which began around the same time, but it wasn't until 1908 that Bessemer Coke Company was one of the ground breakers of the coal fields in Washington and Greene Counties. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Empire Mine and Coke Works lasted from 1899 until its abandonment on April 25, 1907. 120 beehive coke ovens were all this plant ever consisted of. The mine was abandoned because the coal in its small mine was exhausted (at its peak in 1905, 163 people were employed). This would be not be the end of the plant though. It lingered on until 1911 as Bethany Coke Works, operated (sporadically) by the Majestic Coke Company, until it just fell off the radar. The mine and coke works (still listed as 120 ovens) only operated in January and February of 1908. The mining reports for 1908 list this mine as "not operating during inspections". In 1909, the plant operated from September through December but only used 26 ovens. In 1910, Bethany operated from January through April, still using 26 ovens. In 1911 it was listed as idle , and after that it was never heard from again. The working theory is Majestic Coke Company came in in 1908 and started mining the stumps and pillars of the old Empire Mine. In the May 23, 1908 List Of The Coke Ovens In The Connellsville District, the mine is still listed as Empire but operated by Majestic Coke Company, with 120 ovens but none in blast. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The 1902 Connellsville Quad topographic map showing the Empire Coke Works, near the "W" on "West Bethany". The Ruffsdale Spur on the Southwest Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad was built in 1900 and it's terminus was at the Empire Mine and Coke Works. Much of this grade can still be seen along Leighty Hollow Road. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Connellsville Courier, December 15, 1899 announcing the new Empire Mine and Coke Works of the Bessemer Coke Company. They initially started with 70 ovens according to this report. </span></h2>
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The initial ovens on the larger bank. There is a smaller bank further up that is visible on the topographic map.</h2>
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Lou walking on the coke yard of the old Empire plant. The Pennsylvania Railroad spur is not visible in this photo, but it would be to the right.</h2>
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This is looking over at the second, smaller bank. The ovens over here are in better condition but we'll get to those in a bit.</h2>
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A small slate dump behind the main bank of ovens. The way this mine was set up is pretty interesting.</h2>
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We were able to locate a couple different openings to this mine in the outcrop above the ovens. There was a graded haulage leading from the mine entrances to the coke ovens.</h2>
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Looking over at the graded haulage from the area of the outcrop.</h2>
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Trail leading along the outcrop on the left. This area was posted property so we weren't able to go further into this. </h2>
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This and the following two photos are of the haulage to the coke ovens.</h2>
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This is looking down at the end of the main bank. It looks like there was a small tipple at the end of the haulage road that filled the larry cars to charge the ovens. </h2>
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These are the ovens in the smaller bank.</h2>
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This is looking up the old railroad spur. The coke yard wall would be on the right and the ovens are beyond that.</h2>
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Railroad spur looking the other direction with all the fun stuff on the left.</h2>
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A small dammed pond that might have been used to supply the water to quench the ovens.</h2>
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Looking toward the road from the railroad spur. </h2>
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Looking back toward the ovens. The railroad spur is the left and the coke yard is on the right. The ovens are on the right buried in the brush.</h2>
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The very beginning of the main bank closest to the road. There weren't any intact ovens in this section.</h2>
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<br />Coke Oven Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00793208285590253080noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048678732955919447.post-90226649586906986822018-11-04T19:51:00.000-05:002018-11-04T19:52:05.428-05:00Graceton Coke Works<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Today I headed up to Graceton to check out the remaining set of coke ovens. Apparently this area has been sold to a coal company and it is going to be stripped in the future. If that's the case, these ovens days are numbered. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The mines at Graceton had two sets of coke ovens. There was this set and another plant a little further north. The other set has been totally reclaimed and there is no indication of any ovens ever being there. Most likely the ovens we visited today were the original ovens at Graceton. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This 1939 aerial shows the coke plants at Graceton. Even then, the older coke ovens don't look like they have been used for many years. All the action appears to be taking place at the (now) reclaimed area to the north. To add to the confusion, Rosebud is currently mining in the reclaimed section so access is not possible. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Today we were concentrating on the remaining ovens which are located in the old section. The mines and coke works at Graceton are very old. This was the very first coking operation in Indiana County. The mines worked the Upper Freeport Seam and apparently made a high quality coke. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The following history of the Graceton Mines and Coke Works was compiled by Ray Washlaski and was originally featured on his PA, The Old Miner website. The website was taken down about a year ago because Roots Web and Ancestry.com discontinued the service. In doing so, they robbed our area of a very vital resource. Ray's history of Graceton is very detailed and I think it's very important to keep it available.</span></h2>
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<b><big><big><big>1886</big></big></big></b><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">By 1886, however, the first stirrings of a future coke industry
were felt a few miles from Blairsville. That year, George A. Mikesell, a
successful farmer, decided to expand his local coal business by building
12 bee-hive coke ovens on his land nine miles from Indiana. Firebrick for
Mikesell's bee-hive coke ovens were made at the Black Lick brickyard by Meldron
and Company. </span>
<br />
<b><big><big><big>1887</big></big></big></b> <br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Once completed, the tiny battery of beehive coke ovens were
charged with local coal, and in the summer of 1887, the first coke made in
Indiana County was pulled from the coke ovens on Mikesell's property. Later,
additional coal to supply the coke ovens was leased from small mines at nearby
Reed. An initial load of coke, sold to the Cambria Iron Company of Johnstown,
proved satisfactory, and soon the plot of ground on which the ovens sat had
a name; the little plant and the surrounding area became appropriately known
as "Mikesell Station."</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Encouraged by his early success, George
Mikesell slowly acquired an increasing number of customers for his coke in
the area foundries. But after only a year in the coke business, limited capital
forced him to sell his mine and coke ovens to J. M. Guthrie, Jacob Graff,
and G. T. Kirkland, doing business under the name Guthrie, Graff & Company,
who by October, 1888 had constructed an additional 37 bee-hive coke ovens
near the site of the Mikesell Coke Works. </span><br />
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<b><big><big><big>1890</big></big></big></b><br />
<b><big><big><big> </big></big></big></b><span style="font-size: medium;">In ca.1890, ownership of Indiana County's first coke ovens
changed hands again. That year, Guthrie, Graff and Kirkland, having tried
their hands at the coke business, sold their interests to a firm composed
of J. W. Moore of Greensburg, John McCreary, and Harry McCreary. Under the
direction of the new owners, George Mikesell's original string of 12 beehive
coke ovens was enlarged to 15 and "Coke Plant No. 2" was planned and put
under construction. Eventually, the number of beehive coke ovens totaled
202. At the same time, the company owned coal patch town of Graceton came
into existence to house the immigrate coal and coke workers who came to work
at the mines and coke ovens.</span>
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"> Harry McCreary, although not yet 30 years old at the time
of his venture into Indiana County coke production, was no stranger to beehive
ovens. After completing a course of study at the Utica (New York) Business
College, young McCreary secured a position as secretary and manager of the
properties of J. W. Moore, a successful Connellsville coke operator. During
those years, J. W. Moore and his brother owned a large coke plant near
Uniontown. In 1885, Moore began the development of his coking coal
lands in Westmoreland County. At that site, Harry McCreary was given the
responsibility of construction of 500 ovens at two plants known as Mammoth
No. 1 and No. 2. During the building, young McCreary became familiar with
all aspects of the coke industry. In 1889, J. W. Moore sold his
Westmoreland coke facilities to the formidable Henry Clay Frick and H. C.
Frick Coke Company of Scottdale, PA. The selling price was reputedly $1,250,000
surely a testimony to the capability of McCreary's management of the properties.
Therefore, after the sale, Frick asked McCreary to remain as manager of the
plants, and offered an increased salary. Having completed six months in that
capacity, however, young Harry decided to join J. W. Moore, his former employer,
as a full partner in the McCreary Coke Company.</span>
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<b><big><big><big>1891</big></big></big></b> <br />
[<span style="font-size: small;">from <i>"The Indiana Democrat,"</i> Indiana, PA, Thurs.,
March 26, 1891</span>.] <br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Graceton</b></span> <br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Our reporter visited the new and thriving town of Graceton
on Saturday and found the Messrs. McCreary busily engaged in making out the
pay rolls for the present month, for the McCreary Coke Co., putting each
employees money in neat envelopes for delivery during the afternoon. There
is now 150 employees on the pay roll regularly besides some others who work
transiently. The pay roll this month amounts to $6,000 in round figures,
besides the bills incurred during the month at the store.</span>
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">The entire plant is now in operation with the exception of
24 ovens in the new works, and they will be fired just as soon as
competent and reliable miners can be secured, which will give a grand total
of 190 ovens. Work on the upper end of the new plant will commence
as soon as spring opens, and 60 more new ovens will be built during the
summer.</span>
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">The first mail was delivered to the Graceton post office on
Saturday. The office will have two mails a day each way.</span>
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">The railroad gang under the direction of our friend Eph. Eckman
were busily engaged setting the corner stones on the lot of ground donated
by the company for the railroad station. A passenger and freight station
will be erected as soon as possible. The old station at Ransom's has
been moved up to Graceton to serve temporarily until the new station is built.
The water plug will also be moved in a short time so that engines can
take water while waiting at the station.</span>
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">The McCreary Coke Co. have also generously donated the use
of one of their buildings to Rev. Father Toney, who has taken possession
and fitted it up handsomely with alters, confessional, baptismal fort and
seats for the congregation, and at 8 o'clock on Sunday last, Palm Sunday,
the new church was dedicated to the worship of God, with impressive ceremonies,
the bell was blessed and a number of children baptized. Father Toner
has already gathered a congregation of 150 souls together and proposes to
hold services regularly every Sunday. The Choir of St. Bernard's church
of this place were present, and sung a high mass. Father desires to
acknowledge the many courtesies and kindness he has received from the McCreary
Coke Co. and a number of citizens of Graceton, and especially returns thanks
to Mr. Buttrbaugh for the use of his organ in the church.</span>
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">A number of new houses will be built this summer by the company,
and the surroundings of all will be improved. It is expected that some
arrangements will be made to furnish a supply of good water, as the well
water is not of good quality and has caused a great deal of sickness.</span>
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Before the summer ends Graceton will have 600
inhabitants.</span> <br />
<span style="font-size: small;">[from <i>"The Indiana Democrat,"</i> Indiana, PA, Thurs.,
March 26, 1891.]</span>
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[from <i>"The Indiana Progress,"</i> Indiana, PA, Sept. 16, 1891.] <br />
<b>TERRIBLE FIGHT AT GRACETON.</b> <br />
<b>Twenty Huns Fight Among Themselves - Two Huns Hurt and a House Badly Used
Up.</b> <br />
On last Saturday night between the hours of eleven and twelve, the thriving
little town of Graceton was awakened by loud yells from the Hungarian
neighborhood of the No. 1 coke works.
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It was soon found that they were in a rough-tumble fight. Pokers and coke
forks figured very prominently in the drama. John Smith was struck a
severe blow on the head with a poker, and, as a consequence, he is nursing
a very sore head. George Gavosky was struck below the eye with a coke
fork and several others were more or less hurt. All this took place
in front of Mike Katkos' house, which did not own a pane of glass or a door
when the muss was over. The Huns didn't leave their quarters during
the fight and no persons except them were mixed up in the affair.
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An interview with Mr. Roalley, the manager of the company store, proves that
whiskey and beer was the cause of all this trouble. The Huns received
thirty gallons of whiskey and eleven kegs of beer by freight that evening.
Everything is quiet now, but for a short time outsiders doubted the
safety the town. <br />
[from <i>"The Indiana Progress,"</i> Indiana, PA, Sept. 16, 1891.]<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Albert "Led" Oswalt has spent his entire
life at Graceton, and most residents know him best in his role as community
postmaster. "Led" explains that, at first, Graceton was known as "Ransom."
"When the Pennsylvania Railroad went-through between Blairsville and Indiana,
there were no towns at all along the line -- just stations. There was Reed
Station, and Rugh Station, and where Graceton is now, that was called Ransom
Station. So when Harry McCreary applied to establish a post office here,
he put 'Ransom' on the blank, but the application was returned because there
was already a town of that name in the hard coal region. So they named the
town Graceton. Many people believe that the town was named for a member of
the McCreary family, but really, it's a mystery where the name came from.
At any rate, the first post office was established here in 1892, and Harry
McCreary was the first postmaster." Following the pattern of earlier
Jefferson County coal and coke towns, the coal company owned coal patch houses
at Graceton to shelter families of immigrants who came seeking employment.
An 1890 edition of the Indiana Times noted that "there are 200 Italian employees
at the old Mikesell Coke Works." </span>
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"> At Graceton, serious problems with the coal claimed the attention
of the new owners. Graceton coal contained a higher percentage of impurities
than that of its competitors in the Connellsville region. For the first few
months, McCreary made coke with coal just as it came from the mines at Graceton,
but the resulting product was less than satisfactory. In 1894, after several
experiments, McCreary adapted plans for a coal washing plant which cleaned
the coal of much of its slate and pyrites before being charged into the coke
ovens. The coal washing system gave dramatic results, and within a
short time, advertising circulars billed Graceton Coke as the "best in the
world." </span>
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">In the midst of Harry McCreary's success, tragedy struck.
Late in 1898 the coal washer at the Graceton plant burned. Undaunted, the
young coke producer started over again, and four months after the fire another
coal washer stood on the same spot, rumbling thunderously as it processed
clean coal for the ovens.</span>
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<b><big><big><big>1900</big></big></big></b> <br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"> On Jan. 1, 1900, the Graceton Coke Works changed hands once
more. On that date, Harry McCreary, having bought out J. W. Moore's share
of the McCreary Coke Company, sold the business to Youngstown Steel Company,
whose investors renamed the plant "The Graceton Coke Company." The property
on the day of transfer consisted of the two coke plants totaling 200 bee-hive
coke ovens, "the best coal washer in the county," company store, and "company
houses enough to accommodate 200 families," and 800 acres of coal lands.
Shortly after the purchase, the Indiana County Gazette reported: "There are
no dull seasons at Graceton. The market for the product is always sure, as
the owners of the plant, the Youngstown Steel Company, burn the Graceton
produced coke in their own blast furnaces, which are rarely idle. The coke
ovens at Graceton are under the management of a skillful coke maker, Colonel
Everhart Bierer. Colonel Bierer received his training as an engineer and
coke man in the Connellsville field. At the two plants, 300 men are employed.
The steel company gives Superintendent Bierer a free hand in the management,
and simply ask for results; and they get them in quantity and quality a coke
unsurpassed anywhere in the United States."</span>
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<b><big><big><big>1904</big></big></big></b> <br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">By ca.1904, Youngstown Steel Company had purchased another
3,500 acres of coal lands around Graceton and was building more bee-hive
coke ovens and a newer coal washer plant at the Graceton Mine.</span>
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<b><big><big><big>1907</big></big></big></b> <br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Production at the Graceton Mine & Coke Works in ca.1907
totaled over 143,000 tons of coal, making 87,000 tons of coke in 202 working
bee-hive coke ovens.</span>
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"> When the Graceton Mine & Coke Works was purchased by
Youngstown Steel Company, the small coal company patch town of Graceton was
filling up rapidly. </span>
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<b><big><big><big>1908</big></big></big></b> <br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">By ca.1908, the Graceton Coke Company, under the ownership
of Youngstown Steel, was kept busy filling orders in New Jersey and New England.
Locally, the Indiana Foundry, manufacturers of sand-drying stoves and many
other articles, claimed that the Graceton coke was "better than Connellsville."
For nearly 20 years, the Graceton Coke Company continued to produce "low-ash,
high-carbon, low-sulphur foundry coke." Under the direction of superintendent
C. M. Lingle, "business boomed," and "20 large coke hopper cars were sent
out daily." </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">In ca.1914 business was being done as the Graceton Coke Company.
Output from the Graceton No. 1 Mine and Graceton No. 2 Mine totalled
188,000 tons of coal and 67,000 tons of coke. Employees numbered 290,
of whom 159 of the men and boys were miners.</span>
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<b><big><big><big>1909</big></big></big></b> <br />
[from the <i>"Indiana Evening Gazette,"</i> Indiana, PA, July 6, 1909.] <br />
<b>TWELVE YEARS IN THE PEN FOR LOU WILLIAMS</b> <br />
<b>The Slayer of Little Glen Johnston Gets the Law's Limit.</b> <br />
<b>SAME DOSE FOR BOLOSKI</b><br />
Lou Williams, convicted of manslaughter for killing little Glen Johnston
at Rossiter, was sentenced to pay a fine of $100, the costs of prosecution,
and to undergo imprisonment in the Western penitentiary for a term of 12
years.
<br />
Mike Boloski, who plead guilty of manslaughter for killing George Fetset
at Graceton, was sentenced to pay a fine of $100, and the costs of prosecution,
and to undergo imprisonment in the Western penitentiary for a term of 12
years. <br />
[from the <i>"Indiana Evening Gazette,"</i> Indiana, PA, July 6, 1909.]
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<b><big><big><big>1913</big></big></big></b> <br />
[from the <i>"Indiana Evening Gazette," </i>Indiana, PA, Aug. 18, 1913.]
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The Graceton Coke Company, Graceton, Indiana county, Pa., has resumed operations
after an idleness of some months during which time a serious fire was being
fought by drilling holes and flooding the mines with water. The mines
produce 200,000 tons of coal from which coke is made and a limited tonnage
of coal sold at low figures, as a rule. <br />
[from the <i>"Indiana Evening Gazette," </i>Indiana, PA, Aug. 18, 1913.]
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<b><big><big><big>1920</big></big></big></b> <br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">In the summer of 1920, the Graceton Coal & Coke plants
and the town of Graceton at the old Mikesell Station were transferred a fourth
time. </span> <br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">A July issue of the <i>"Indiana Evening Gazette" </i>told
the story: </span> <br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">"Graceton Coke is sold to New York Interests: Vinton Colliery
Company, New York City, N.Y., the Graceton plant with all machinery and
equipment, and houses, was acquired by Warren Delano and associates. The
price is estimated to be three quarters of a million dollars. Mr. Delano
(an uncle of FDR) has other interests in Indiana County," and Cambria County.
After the purchase, the name of the plant was changed to Graceton Coal and
Coke Company.</span>
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<b><big><big><big>1922</big></big></big></b> <br />
[from the<i> "Indiana Weekly Messenger," </i>Indiana, PA, Sept. 21, 1922.]
<br />
The KKK have made their appearance in Blacklick. On Saturday night
the usual symbol of the order, the burning cross, was seen on the hillside
near Grafton. There is siad to be about one hundred members of the
Klan in this vicinity. There is quite a bit of excitement over the
appearance of the Klan. <br />
[from the<i> "Indiana Weekly Messenger," </i>Indiana, PA, Sept. 21, 1922.]
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><big><big><b>1923</b></big></big></span> <br />
[from the <i>"Indiana Weekly Messenger," </i>Indiana, PA, Thurs., Feb. 22,
1923.] <br />
<b>A. R. Laughrey Killed in Graceton Mine.</b> <br />
Allison Robert Laughery, aged 69 years, son of the late Joseph Laughery,
of Marion Center and himself a former resident of White township, for many
years, was instantly killed in Mine No. 3 at Graceton Saturday afternoon
at four o'clock.
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Employed as a driver, Mr. Laughrty was coming to the main haulage with his
l;ast car, he fell in front of the car and was ground to death beneath the
wheels. His body was found a few minutes later by fellow employees.
He was alone at the time of the accident and just how it occurred will
probably never be learned.
<br />
Mr. Laughery had been living at Graceton, where he was a steady and faithful
employee of the Graceton Coke Company for the past 25 years. He was
born in Marion Center on January 9, 1854 and grew to young manhood in that
borough. He leaves his widow, Mrs. Margaret Lamison Laughrey and one
daughter, Mrs Harry Coy and these sisters. Mrs. John R. Haight of
Vandergrift, and Mrs. Jennie Butler of Leechburg.
<br />
Funeral services were conducted at his late home Tuesday afternoon at 1:30
o'clock by Rev. T. J. Chilcote, pastor of the Homer City Methodist Episcopal
church. Interment was in the Oakland cemetery here. <br />
[from the <i>"Indiana Weekly Messenger," </i>Indiana, PA, Thurs., Feb. 22,
1923.]
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[from <i>"The Indiana Progress," </i>Indiana, PA, April 25, 1923.] <br />
John Sholik, of Graceton, entered a plea of guilty to the charge of removing
checks from mine cars to defraud. Sentence was suspended on payment
of costs of prosecution, and $25 to the Graceton Coal & Coke Company
in reimbursement. <br />
[from <i>"The Indiana Progress," </i>Indiana, PA, April 25, 1923.]
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<b><big><big><big>1929</big></big></big></b> <br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">In 1929 production at Graceton Coal & Coke Company had
fallen to 126,000 tons of coal, and 33,000 tons of coke. Only 110 of
the 201 bee-hive coke ovens were in use. Employment had dropped to
220 men and boys.</span>
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Throughout the twenties, sales of coke at Graceton fluctuated
with the market. </span>
<br />
<b><big><big><big>1932</big></big></big></b> <br />
Most of the Graceton Coke ovens were shut down.
<br />
<b><big><big><big>1935</big></big></big></b> <br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">By early 1935, only eight ovens were in operation; most had
been shut down since 1932. </span>
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<b><big><big><big>1936</big></big></big></b> <br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">"In June, 1936, "Led" Oswalt says, "the Graceton Coal and
Coke Company went bankrupt. In August, 1936, the company's stock was sold
at a receivership in front of the company store. Four men bought the plant;
one of them was Abe Light of Punxsutawney. Then the name was changed again
to 'Coal Mining Company of Graceton.' "For a while," Oswalt continues,
"things were at a standstill; the coal and coke business was really bad.
</span>
<br />
<b><big><big><big>1940</big></big></big></b> <br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Then World War II broke out and coke was in demand again.
Mr. Light bought out the other three men and made coke throughout the war
with the plant operating at capacity. </span>
<br />
<b><big><big><big>1945</big></big></big></b> <br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">"After the war, the Coal Mining Company of Graceton leased
the ovens to someone else for a couple of years, but the last men to operate
the beehives at Graceton were Smith and Burns, who leased them from the Coal
Mining Company of Graceton. They produced coke for eight or ten years. </span>
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><big><big><b>1953</b></big></big></span> <br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Finally, in March, 1953, the Graceton coke ovens cooled off
for good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">During the years of coke production at the
Graceton Coke Works, a second beehive coke operation existed just a few miles
south. In ca.1880, the Indiana Coal and Coke Company was founded by Jacob
and Paul Graff, J. M. Guthrie, G. W. Hoover, John Elkin, and John R. Caldwell.
In the next few years, 24 coke ovens were built on the site and a tiny company
town of six houses was established. Named "Oklahoma," the settlement housed
coke workers from the Indiana Coal and Coke Company plant.</span>
</span></div>
<span style="font-size: medium;">The beehive ovens at Oklahoma were also destined to undergo
several transfers of ownership. In 1902, Harry McCreary again entered the
coal and coke business with the purchase of the Indiana Coal and Coke Company
lands, tipple, and houses. In addition, McCreary purchased 6,000 more acres
of adjoining coal lands. Upon completion of all his transactions, McCreary
sold the entire parcel of property to Joseph Wharton, a Philadelphia investor
whose corporation also owned an iron foundry in Wharton, New Jersey.
By ca.1902, the name of the plant and town had been changed to "Coral" local
folklore says that the name was derived from the statement of a "oldtime
coal prospector." This individual, evidently a far-sighted man, remarked
to an early oral historian, "the coal and clay hereabouts will be as valuable
as Coral."</span>
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">On acquisition of the Coral properties, Joseph Wharton was
understandably anxious to secure the best management for his new plant, and
persuaded McCreary to remain as temporary superintendent. By late 1903, 300
ovens and 150 company houses stood at the location. His work completed, Harry
McCreary resigned his position with the Wharton corporation; he was succeeded
by Thomas Murray.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">(History of the Graceton Mines & Coke
Works, Graceton, Center Twp., Indiana Co., PA, adapted with additional data
from </span>"Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company, The First One Hundred
Years," by Eileen Mountjoy Cooper, formerly of Indiana University of
Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA. Published by Rochester & Pittsburgh
Coal Company, 1982.)
<span style="font-size: small;">("History of Coke" by Eileen Mountjoy Cooper, formerly
of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA. Published on-line in
the series "Coal Dust: The Early Mining Industry of Indiana County" by the
Special Collections & Archives Indiana University Library, Indiana University
of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA.)</span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">(History and description of the Graceton Mines, adapted with
additional data from "Indiana County, Pennsylvania: An Inventory of
Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites, 1993," America's Industrial
Heitage Project, National Park Service, Historic American Buildings Survey
/ Historic American Engineering Record, U.S. Department of the Interior,
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">A portion of the 1902 Indiana, PA topographic map showing the two sets of coke ovens at Graceton. The ovens we explored today are the smaller set just below the word "Graceton" on the map. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Graceton Coke Company Mine. Year not listed. This would most likely be the area north of where we were that has been reclaimed.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Another view of the mine.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">No. 3 Mine at Graceton in 1908.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Pit mouth of one of the Graceton mines.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Graceton mining engineer. Year not noted.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Pit mouth at one of the Graceton Mines. This is very likely the entrance behind the ovens we were at today. When I was walking behind the ovens looking for the mine entrance, I came to an area that looked very similar to this photo terrain wise. The entrance itself is buried but the way these walls make an upside down "V" shape toward the entrance is almost identical to the terrain I was looking at today. The walls are gone but there is a good bit of stone still clinging to the hills. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Graceton Mine Executives. Year not noted.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Inside of one the Graceton Mines.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Pit Mouth No. 3 Mine 1907.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Early Graceton tipple. This is most likely the area we were at today. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Approaching the remaining ovens.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The front's are all gone but what remains is in fairly good condition.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This block arch remains but the back of the oven has collapsed.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The layout here is pretty identifiable. Here, I am standing in the coke yard. The ovens are to the right and the railroad siding is to the left.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Looking down the railroad siding where the coke was loaded onto the trains.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Looking at some of the ovens that are in worse condition.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A big pile of old coke oven blocks.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A bunch of coke still sitting in the yard.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is looking back up. The ovens are on the left and the branch is on the right.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Railroad siding full of old tires.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is the certainly the most intact oven remaining. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Another view of the intact arch. The back of the oven has fallen in but the front shows a great example of the beehive shape where these ovens got their name.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Inside the most intact oven.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This shows an excellent example of how these ovens were constructed. At the bottom the brick remains. At the top all that remains is the clay that was used to help insulate the oven. These ovens were constructed out of brick, when they were done, they were buried with a layer of clay followed by dirt. In a lot of cases, the only thing identifiable about a former coke plant is the out line of the oven in the clay. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is a piece of an old foundation on the other side of the railroad siding.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This appears to be the end of this bank of ovens. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">An old section of railroad track sticking out of the ground.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Made it over to the old foundation.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Near the old foundation is a remaining section of the pier wall that would have lined the entire length of the railroad siding.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The rest of this stone wall was probably carted off to use for different construction. I have no idea why this section was left behind. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">An engraved piece of coke oven block.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Looking over at Graceton. The Homer City generation plant is in the background.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A rainbow over Graceton.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">One of the circa 1890 coal company houses at Graceton.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">These two photos are a little further down the road. They show the location of the former Coral coke plant. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A new industrial park is in the works at one part of the old Coral Coke Works.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Season has officially begun! Today Lou and I headed up to Butler County to get a closer look at Winfield Furnace and the former town site of West Winfield. Winfield Furnace isn't as old as some of the iron furnaces we have visited. The furnace wasn't built until 1847 and was constructed by William Speer. Speer operated the furnace until it was sold to the Winfield Coal Company in 1856. After that, the furnace was purchased by William Stewart and the furnace went out of blast in 1864. Initially the furnace was powered by water but was later switched over to steam. This was a charcoal fueled furnace and produced around 40 tons of iron per week. This furnace is starting to show its age. The large stones are starting to crack and crumble from the inside, and a collapse of the northern side is inevitable unless some preservation work gets underway soon. This furnace is approaching its 172nd birthday. We were able to locate a possible water race and found some slag near the creek. The terrain has been very altered over the years. By the time this oven went out of blast, it witnessed a town grow up around it and then watched the town disappear. It saw a railroad get built next to it and it watched it fall into abandonment. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The former town of West Winfield, which today only a few traces remain, was a company town constructed to house the workers of the limestone mines in this area. The mining of limestone was the largest industry in this area. There is still a very active limestone mine in operation. F.W. McKee owned the largest limestone mine of it's kind in the world and constructed the town. West Winfield was originally called Winfield Furnace and a post office was established in 1885. It was, however, known as Winfield Furnace in the 1874 Butler County Atlas. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1874 atlas showing Winfield Township. Note the number of limestone mines active in this area.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">When these limestone mines eventually worked out, they were converted over to mushroom farms. In 1937, Butler County Mushroom Farms Inc. began the first mushroom production in the old mines. This area would turn into the largest mushroom producer in the world. Mushrooms are still produced in this area and some of the old limestone mines have been converted into underground storage. Vital records for the government and military have found permanent storage in the former limestone mines due to their consistent temperature and conditions. This is certainly a unique area, not just in Pennsylvania, but in the world.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This photo is from the May 1932 Popular Science magazine. West Winfield was certainly a unique place.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">West Winfield as a town appears to have no longer existed by the 1980's. I have been unable to find an exact year when the last house was torn down. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A 1938 aerial view of West Winfield.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Inset from the 1941 Butler County map showing West Winfield. The railroad is listed as the Winfield Railroad but this was originally a spur of the Buffalo, Rochester, and Pittsburgh Railroad. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A circa 1919 photo of West Winfield taken from the Franklin News Herald- March 5, 1975</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A map of West Winfield taken from the Pennsylvania Mine Map database, Penn State University.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A crate from Butler County Mushroom Farms which is listed for sale (at an unreasonable price) on Amazon.</span></h2>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">West Winfield from the 1902 quad Kittanning topographic map.</span></b></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">While walking back to the iron furnace we came across these pieces of huge steel machinery. They look like old steel mill equipment, but considering the area we're assuming they were related to limestone production. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">From inside the stack.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Intact wall of the stack.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Side where this furnace is starting to fall apart.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Old Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad bridge crossing Rough Run over to an old limestone mine.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A tree that met the wrath of a beaver.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Part of the railroad grade behind the former town.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Old hopper along the railroad grade.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Some old foundations next to the hopper.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Remains of an old switch on the railroad.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A couple buried railroad ties. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Front of the hopper.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">One of the denizens of the forest.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Side of the hopper, looking down at the old town site. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Looking down the road. The lower section of West Winfield was located in the field on the right. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">One of the last remaining structures just outside of the former town. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Lou pointed out that there was a new "smart" meter installed on this building. They really are forcing these things on everybody.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Another remaining structure. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">An abutment along the creek. On the other side is a portal into an old limestone mine. Rough Run was running extremely rough today and there was no way to get to the other side.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The portal can be seen roughly through the trees.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Old bricks lining the creek.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The upper portion of the former town site. West Winfield was located on the field to the left.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Armstrong Cement Plant.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">One of the conveyors leading up to the limestone mines.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">After this, and since we were in the area, we decided to head over to another ghost town. Yellow Dog is another limestone company town. This town has been abandoned since 2011 when water problems forced the last residents out. In 2014 the entire town was purchased by two people with the hopes of turning it into a historical mining town and preserving the heritage of the area. A very nice article about the town and the plans for its future can be found <a href="https://architecturalafterlife.com/2015/11/18/yellow-dog-village-almost-forgotten/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></h2>
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The sign says it all. We did call the number listed and left a message. We didn't enter the village because we couldn't get permission, but we did get some photos from the road.</h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">After this we headed up 66 towards New Bethlehem so I could show Lou the old Mack Tunnel on the Pittsburgh and Shawmut Railroad. Mary Jane and me went up there a few years ago so a more detailed history can be found <a href="http://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2015/06/pittsburg-shawmut-railroad-mahoning-and.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></h2>
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The waterfalls were really running due to the endless barrage of rain.</h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Today I had an unexpected chance to get a little pre-coke oven season action in! I had a job to do in the Pike patch near Brownsville and took the opportunity to take a look around. I had been aware of the possibility of some ovens remaining from the Pike Coke Works but never had a chance to go take a look. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The hard part was finding any history about these ovens. I kept hitting a brick wall. The Pike Mine itself was listed in mining reports from 1901 on, but the ovens don't show up until 1919. Even after that, they appear to operate sporadically at best. The photos of the ovens are not the best. I wasn't planning on doing this today and only had a cell phone with me. The sun actually decided to shine and it was directly behind the ovens the entire time. I finally lucked out and the sun tucked itself behind a cloud for about 45 seconds. I'm not about to complain about a sunny day though... these leaves cannot fall off the trees fast enough however. This is going to be a great season.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Pike Mine was listed as a new mine in 1901. The People's Coal Company of Pittsburgh would operate this mine until 1912 when it is listed as "abandoned indefinitely". It is still listed in 1913 and 1914 but no stats appear. In 1915 and 1916 it is not listed at all. In 1917 it is listed as reopened by the Diamond Coal and Coke Company. Diamond planned to hold onto it for awhile and sunk a bunch of money into the mine. They added tracks and improved the ventilation, among other things. In 1919, 50 coke ovens appear! It wasn't until 1920 that they were fired however. Then in 1921, the ovens went cold. In 1922, 42 ovens were once again burning. Sporadic at best. Sometime between 1922 and 1927 ownership was transferred to the Hillman Coal and Coke Company. Some reports list Hillman as the operators as far back as 1921 however. This leads me to believe that Hillman had his hand in this the whole way back to Diamond. Anyway, Hillman Coal and Coke would operate Pike Mine until January 1945 when the mine was worked out and sealed. How long the ovens were used is anybody's guess. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Today, Pike is a nice quiet community. The neighborhood is clean and the properties are well kept. It seems like a really nice place to live. Even the township supervisor stopped over to say "Hi" (I think he was just being nebby), and told me some Navy stories. Thank you for your service sir! You're still running a tight ship.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Portion of the 1921 Brownsville Sanborn map showing the Pike patch and coke ovens.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Portion of the Pike Mine map showing the village and the coke ovens as they appeared in 1945, when the mine was closed. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Photo that explains itself. Courtesy of Dana Burke. Dana also sent me a really nice paper on what it was like growing up in the Pike/Century area. Incidentally, the house I was working on today is the white house, middle right. It's a duplex in this photo but I think all the houses in Pike are single family homes now.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thanks to Dana's photo, these abutments just outside of Pike now make sense. You can see the bridge in Dana's photo at the very bottom. That bridge crossed this cut for the Monogahela Railroad to serve the ovens at Pike. Mary Jane is in the photo taken from our last trip to <a href="http://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2017/03/rediscovering-century-pa.html" target="_blank">Century</a>. </span></h2>
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Photo of Pike Today. Definitely a later era patch.</h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The modern day Matteo Street sits on the old railroad right of way that served the coke ovens.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Looking down the old railroad right of way (Matteo Street). The remaining ovens are at the end of the street. During the time that this was an active coke plant, the ovens would have probably lined the entire street. You can see some small stone walls that were probably constructed using the old stone from the ovens. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And that's it for Pike Mine and Coke Works. As usual, any photos related to this would be appreciated!</span></h2>
<br />Coke Oven Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00793208285590253080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048678732955919447.post-90630442438587432942018-05-06T00:47:00.000-04:002018-05-06T00:48:16.563-04:00Cleaning Up Hester<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">We are currently in Coke Oven Post Season. This will certainly be the last coke oven post until the leaves have fallen off the trees again. Today was an event that was put together a couple months ago. I have posted about the Hester Coke Works in a <a href="http://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2013/01/brinkerton-coke-works.html" target="_blank">previous post</a>, these are not some recent set of rediscovered coke ovens. What is new about these ovens, is the appreciation of what these ovens represent through various groups of people. The owners of the land, the Sewickley Creek Watershed Association are well aware of what they're sitting on. The group of people that I do this research with are also aware. Hester Coke Works are the most intact set of coke ovens in Westmoreland County. They are also the most accessible. The county itself is the only party that does not seem interested. These ovens are located on the old Sewickley Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. This is east of the current terminus of the Five Star Trail. It is hoped that someday the trail will be completed from Lynch Field to Mammoth Park and these ovens will be the centerpiece.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Coke production and coal mining were once the largest industries in Westmoreland County, yet there is nothing to honor this heritage other than a few signs placed in some nondescript locations that weren't even installed by the county. Local historical societies do all they can with little acknowledgement for all their work. Most residents of the county don't even realize that the <a href="http://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-darr-mine-disaster.html" target="_blank">largest mining disaster in Pennsylvania history</a> occurred right here. Greensburg is concentrating all its efforts in destroying its history to build new apartments for college students that will leave as soon as they graduate, while creating additional hurdles for entrepreneurs to occupy the storefronts downtown. The county once had a perfectly intact set of coke ovens at Mammoth Park but chose the bulldozer over maintenance. Fortunately, a group of us got together today and decided to let the county catch up with us. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Hester Coke Works are a historic set of coke ovens that were constructed in 1900 by the partnership of Painter and Fogg. Morris Lobingier Painter (1846-1923) and Charles Henry Fogg (1861-1944) were both residents of Greensburg and were involved in various other interests before partnering up and entering the coal and coke business. Coincidentally, the coke ovens (Clare, named after Painter's daughter) that were destroyed at Mammoth Park were also constructed by Painter and Fogg. Hester Coke Works were named after Charles Fogg's daughter Hester Barclay Fogg (1889-1964). </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Painter and Fogg would only operate these ovens for two years. In 1902 the Penn Coke Company are listed as owners. Penn Coke Co. would operate the plant until 1906 when it was sold to the Clare Coke Company. Clare Coke Co. wouldn't even last a year. In 1907 Hester Coke Company were the owners and they would be the operators until 1909 when Sunshine Coal and Coke Company took control and would run the plant until the end of 1912 when it was closed. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Off and on these ovens would be operated by different people, using imported coal, until 1972 when they were shut down for good by the DEP. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is a very brief history of these ovens. I have hard copies of an extensive history of this coke plant available for $10.00 (plus shipping). You can obtain these by contacting me at oldjughead@yahoo.com.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">For years I have been looking for the sleeper stones that held the rails for the larry cars on top of the ovens. Today we found them used as part of an improvised wall in later use of the ovens. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Last week I posted some photos of the <a href="http://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2018/03/germany-lime-kilns-germany-west.html" target="_blank">lime kilns in Germany, PA</a> on my Facebook page. Somebody on the page told me about this other lime kiln in Washington County and we decided to head out yesterday and get a look at it. The situation is the same as the lime kilns in Indiana County, there is nothing that I can locate concerning the history of these things. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This one is only a single kiln and is smaller than the one in Germany. There are other discernible differences here however. Part of the stone on the inside of the kiln has been replaced with street paver brick. This leads me to believe that this may have seen some later usage. Also, the little bit of knowledge we had acquired since coming across the first kiln led to us searching this site a little better. Now that we actually know what these things are, we started searching for an old limestone quarry. We didn't find one. There is small working path carved into the hillside leading to the charging area of the kiln. All along this path is an outcrop of limestone. We believe that this kiln was fired on an as needed basis and when limestone was needed, it was simply taken from the outcrop. We found a few pieces of coal scattered about but they could have been washed down the creek during floods. Coal may have been brought in to fuel the kiln or they may have used wood. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Nevertheless, it's great looking kiln and it's a great, quiet location.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Yesterday we made a trip over to Washington County to check out some locations. While we were in the area, we crossed the river into Allegheny County to check out some mine features I had noticed along the road. The mine was the Tucker Mine which turned out to be a captive mine of the Liggett Spring and Axle Company, whose factory was located right at the mine's entrance. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Naturally the next thing to do was look up Liggett Spring and Axle. Thankfully, the website <a href="https://monongahela.wordpress.com/2010/02/05/a-brief-history-of-liggett-spring-and-axle-co/" target="_blank">Lost Monongahela</a> had done a full history of the company a few years ago. The following is a simple cut and paste from that website. This account was written by Tom Headley and verifies a lot of the information we read on the walls (literally) of an old pump house on the property. That's coming up in a minute.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> In 1903 the Liggett Spring & Axle Company moved from Pittsburgh’s
North Side and built a factory to manufacture buggy springs and axles.
To provide raw material for this plant, the owners also constructed an
adjoining foundry to supply castings. Business boomed during World War
I from the manufacture of springs and axles for army vehicles. At
this time the plant was reported to be the largest spring factory in the
country. In 1916 the company built two rows of identical brick houses
(still standing) to house their employees which became known as
Axleton. With the shift to automobiles, the axle plant was separated
from the foundry and began doing business as the Coshocton Iron Works
engaged in the manufacture of parts for stoker furnaces. This plant
later combined with others to form the Combustion Engineering Company
which continued to operate the plant until the 1980’s. (From the <a href="http://forwardtownship.com/Various%20information%20Pages/History%20of%20Forward%20Township%20by%20Tom%20Headley.htm" target="_blank">History of Forward Township</a>, Tom Headley).</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">So that is as in depth as I'm getting into the history of this place. I would certainly recommend perusing the Lost Monongahela website. It's very interesting and does a great job of covering the history around Monongahela. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">As I mentioned earlier, there is a nice old pump house at this site as well as some interesting huge water tanks. Our interpretation is the water was pumped from the river and sent to the storage tanks. The mill was then gravity fed from the tanks allowing a consistent water pressure. Again, that's our theory and it could be completely wrong. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is looking inside the entrance to the Tucker Mine.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">There's still track but who knows how deep this mud is.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Looking up toward the road. The mine entrance is below the road toward the center of the photo. The shaft noted on the map, as well as an additional shaft, are visible on the other side of the road. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">One of the shafts.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This hopper is just sitting along the road. Perhaps on top of a third shaft.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Looking down into the one shaft. The bottom tapered back and appeared to be open. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Fan in the air shaft.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The ground collapsed behind the air shaft leaving this big hole.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Side of the air shaft.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Heading over to the water tanks.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Underneath the first tank.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Valves.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Inside the water tank. There's a big cut out in the side.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The first tank is supported on standard gauge rail. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A closer look at what supports this tank.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">There is some faint writing on the side of the tank. Ghost lettering from old paint.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Some more ghost lettering. It definitely left us with more questions than answers.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">At this point we still had no idea what these tanks were for. Still, we only have a working theory. Next up is the pump house and things start falling into place.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We were pretty confident the power had been shut off long ago.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And now the writing on the wall.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Whoever started this was an absolute genius. 12/31/56 was a cold day. Lest we forget. Todd was cleaning slop on New Years Eve.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Winch that lowered things in the pit below it. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">More writing. This time with hand prints. The pump house was still functioning in November 1977.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A memorial to Chas E. Dexter. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Pa. Flood June 24, 1972. Record cold July 6, 1972 only 47 degrees. Also Liggett sold on November 13, 1972.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Liggett had a fire 3/24/72 and 7 inches of snow.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">More hand prints and hangers for 4.6 and 5.0 tools.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Looking out at the river.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Spring buds on the trees.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Looking down the pits.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Brickwork and winch.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Side of the pump house.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Piers from the river tipple at Catsburg.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">River side of the pump house. This shows you how deep those pits go.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Looking across at the miners houses in Catsburg.</span></h2>
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