WYNN, PA
Former Union Supply Store (coal company store) at Wynn, PA, a coke patch built in the 1880s. One of the earliest operators
at Wynn was J. W. Moore & Company. Later H.C. Frick Coke Co. added Wynn to their coke empire. Union Supply Company was the retail subsidiary of
H.C. Frick Coal & Coke Co., which itself was later a subsidiary of US Steel.
Gardens in the Wynn patch over a century ago.
Only a few of the original patch houses still exist at Wynn now.
What looks like a watering hose for quenching coke left in one of the Wynn coke ovens, which are some of the best
preserved in Fayette County. The coal mine at Wynn was closed in 1926, but these ovens were kept in blast by the Ruane Coal and Coke Co. into the mid 1950's.
A Covington coke pulling machine in operation at Wynn long ago.
A brick silo behind the ovens.
Sep. 2005 image by author
Circa 1912 American Iron and Steel Institute image via Google Books
2018 mage by author
Dec. 2002 image by author
Image from The Coal Trade Bulletin via Google Books
January 2015 image by Mike Mance at coalandcoke.blogspot.com
Dec. 2002 image by author