OLIVER, PA
Oliver Nos. 1 and 2 opened circa 1891 by Oliver Coke Company, a subsidiary of Oliver Iron and Steel Co. (aka Oliver and Snyder Steel Company) in Pittsburgh.
The Oliver post office opened in 1892. In 1903
Oliver No. 3 was opened a short distance away. No. 3 was a separate patch town from No. 1 and 2.
Coal company houses at Oliver No. 1 / 2.
The only feature of the Oliver 1 and 2 coal and coke works remaining that I am aware of is the repair shop shown here.
An earlier photo of the Oliver repair shop.
Tipple and mine shaft.
Stable for the horses that worked underground at the Oliver mines.
Coke drawing machine and coke ovens.
Ruins of the Oliver coke yard.
Sources:
John Enman papers, 1876-2013, Coal and Coke Heritage Center at Penn State Fayette, the Eberly Campus
Edited by Raymond A. Washlaski, Virtual Museum of Coal Mining in Western Pennsylvania.
Mance, Michael. “Oliver No. 3 Coke Works.” Oliver No. 3 Coke Works, 27 Dec. 2015, http://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2015/12/oliver-no-3-coke-works.html.
Regis M. Maher, MD, author. Patches of History ... The 1920's & 1930's: Heyday of Fayette County Coal & Coke in Pennsylvania. Self-published, 1999.
(Image courtesy Coal and Coke Heritage Center, Penn State Eberly campus)
(March 2019 image by author)
(Circa late 1950s image by John Enman)
(Circa late 1950s image by John Enman)
(Circa late 1950s image by John Enman)
(Circa late 1950s image by John Enman)
(December 1960 image by John Enman via the "Silver Cinders" video)
(December 1960 image by John Enman via the "Silver Cinders" video)