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| Barking Mine (Oakmont Mine) (ca. ), Located on a strip of land under the cliffs of Coxcomb hill, on the Allegheny Valley Railroad and with barge loading facilities on the Allegheny River, Barking, Plum Twp., Allegheny Co., PA Owners: (ca.1919- ? ), Diamond Coal & Coke Company, Pittsburgh, PA (ca.1920- ? ), Diamond Coal & Coke Company, Pittsburgh, PA |
| HISTORY:
September 11,1933, at the Oakmont Mine, Barking, PA. Seven miners were killed when “gas…was ignited…from cracks in the bottom.” |
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| Five of the seven remaining double family
coal company miners houses in the Village of Barking, Plum Township, Allegheny
Co., PA. The houses are situated on a narrow strip of land above the
railroad tracks, with Coxcomb hill directly behind them and the Allegheny
River in front. (Photo ca.2005 by Raymond A. Washlaski.) |
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| One house situated closer to the mine buildings
has been altered into a single family house. A gap in the row of houses probably
indicates that there were several more houses in the line. The cribing
supported the road above the railroad tracks. (Photo ca.2006 by Raymopnd A. Washlaski) |
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| Miners houses at Barking, looking up river along the river
road. (Photo ca.2006 by Raymond A. Washlaski.) |
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| One of the remaining mine building from
the Barking Mine. The building looks to be the wash house for the mine.
The mine entrance is to the left of the building. Concrete retaining
walls line the hillside in front of the building. Various smaller foundations
are also present along the hillside. (Photo ca.2006 by Raymond A. Washlaski.) |
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| The river barge loading tipple with the
base of a much larger tipple to the right. The smaller tipple might
have been the last tipple used at the Barking Mine for loading the coal
barges. (Photo ca.2006 by Raymopnd A. Washlaski) |
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| The land side of the last river barge loading
tipple. The coal was tranported over the railroad tracks to the tipple.
Several large concrete foundations line the river bank in front of
the Barking Mine buildings (Photo ca.2006 by Raymond A. Washlaski) |
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| Large concrete piers support the barge loading tipple
in the river. A string of barge tie-up piers can be seen behind the
tipple. (Photo ca.2006 by Raymond A. Washlaski.) |
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| Various concrete piers are along the river
bank at the Barking Mne site, possibly the supports for an earlier coal loading
barge tipple on the river. Newer barge tie up piers are also
present. (Photo ca.2006 by Raymond A. Washlaski.)
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| "Coal Miners
Memorial, Barking Mines (Oakmont No. 1 Mine), Barking, Plum Twp., Allegheny County, Pennsylvania" |
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