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| Acme Mine & Coke Works
(ca. 1900- ? ), Located on the "June Bug Branch" Morewood Branch, of the Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, off of PA Rt. 981, along New PA Rt. 119, just west of Mt. Pleasant, on Sherricks Run, Acme, East Huntingdon Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania [Acme Coke Works contained 200 bee-hive coke ovens ca.1901.] [Acme Coke Works contained 261 bee-hive coke ovens ca.1910.] [Location on the USGS Mt. Pleasant 7 1/2 min. Quadrangle Map.] Owners: (ca.1900- ? ), W. J. Rainey Company, Uniontown, PA (ca.1919 - ? ), W. J. Rainey, Inc., Uniontown, PA Company Store: W.J. Rainey Store. |
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| A section of the U.S.G.S. ca.1902 15 min.
Connellsville, PA Quad map showing the location of the Acme Mine & Coke
Works, and the coal patch town of Acme. The town of Acme does not exist
today, stripmining and the new U.S. Rt.119 has destroyed all but a
few houses. (Map courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C.) |
| In 1909 the W. J. Rainey Company constructed
ten permanent stoppings in the Acme Mine.
We would like to ask for help in finding the location and history of the Acme Mine, in East Huntingdon Twp., Westmoreland Co. and for any information about the mine and the miners that worked there. |
| "Coal Miners Memorial,
Acme Mine & Coke Works, Acme, East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania" |
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