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| Bowood, Nicholson Twp., Fayette Co.,
PA [A coal company patch town in Nicholson Twp., Fayette County, Pennsylvania.] [Bowood is located near Smithfield, Fayette Co., PA.] [The former site of Bowood was mostly destroyed by the Mon-Fayette Expressway, ca.2008.] See:Bowood No. 1 Mine, Bowood, Nicholson Twp., Fayette Co., PA Bowood No. 2 Mine, Bowood, Nicholson Twp., Fayette Co., PA Bowood No. 3 Mine, Bowood, Nicholson Twp., Fayette Co., PA
Bowood Fuel Company,
Bowood Mine
Bowood No. 2 Mine (ca.1916- ?
), located near Smithfield, on the B & O Railroad, Bowood, Nicholson
Twp., Fayette Co., PA
Bowood No. 3 Mine (ca.1920- ?
), located on the B & O Railroad, Bowood, Nicholson Twp., Fayette
Co., PA |
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| A portion of the Masontown, PA 15 min. quad.
map, revised ca.1935, showing the Bowood Patch in Nicholson Township, the
Bowood Mine and the Baltimore & Ohio Short Line Railroad Branch line
that served the Bowood Mine and the surrounding area of Fayette County.
(Map courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C.)
The former location of Bowood, Nicholson Twp., Fayette Co., PA was mostly destroyed in the building of the Mon-Fayette Expressway, ca.2008. An archaeological resource survey was done for the Expressway, but the results are not know. |
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| Undated photo of the back yard of a Bowood
Company Patch double house with its different animal pens. The young
lady in her home made dress waiting at the rear shed. (Photo courtesy of the Coal & Coke Heritage Center, Penn State University Fayette Campus, Uniontown, PA, Glenn R. Myers Collection. and Evelyn A. Hovanec's book, "Common Lives of Uncommon Strength:") |
| Coal Miner Memorial
Bowood Mines, Bowood, Nicholson Twp., Fayette Co.,PA |
| Support the Coal & Coke Heritage
Center, a non-profit research center and museum. Want to know more about the women who lived in the coal patch towns? You need this book. One of the few studies done on the women of the coal & coke era. Common lives of Uncommon Strength: The Women of the Coal & Coke Era of Southwestern Pennsylvania 1880-1970 Complied, written and edited by: Evelyn A. Hovanec, PhD 227 pages. Voices of the women tell unique stores of the coal and coke era, plus vintage photographs, documents, maps, and newspaper articles. Hardcover $35.00 Soft cover $25.00 Add $5.00 shipping / handling. Send Check or money order to: Coal & Coke Heritage Center, Penn State University Fayette Campus P.O. Box 519, Uniontown, PA 15401 |
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