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UNITED, PA

Aug. 2002 image by author

Coal and Coke "patch" at United, PA, which was built in 1881 by the United Coal and Coke Co.

Aug. 2002 image by author

Coal company housing at United, where the H.C. Frick Coke Co. took over operations in 1895 and closed the coal mine and coke ovens in 1930. These houses display a lot of originality.

Feb. 2003 image by author

Ruins of the coal mine at United. A mine shaft, engine house, and boiler house were once located in this area shown here.

Feb. 2003 image by author

Detail of the coke oven ruins at United reveal a portion of the original cut stone facade of the ovens. There are at least 50 ovens left at United, though none have a front.

Feb. 2003 image by author

In 1903, this scene along Little Sewickley Creek would have been full of the activity of coal trains, coal miners, coke workers, and coke oven smoke. But, a century later, it was a valley grown quiet.

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