LUCIUSBORO, PA
An unusual style of housing for a Pennsylvania coal patch are these red block homes at Luciusboro, PA, another concern of the Brush Creek Mining Co.
Another row of the unusual houses at Luciusboro that the coal company built for the
coal miners and their families.
Stone supports for a tramway and a refuse pile are some of the few remaining features of Luciusboro coal mine site.
Detail of the stone tramway supports at Luciusboro, named for the president of the parent company (Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co.), Lucius Robinson.
"Red Dog" slate dump.
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