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| Phillips Mine & Coke Works
(ca.1910-1944), Located on Route 51, two miles north of Uniontown, on a Branch of the P.V.& C. Railroad, Phillips, Menallen Twp., Fayette Co., PA. [Phillips Coke Works contained 400 coke ovens ca.1910, ca.1919.] Owners: (ca.1910- ? ), H.C. Frick Coke Company, Scottdale, PA (ca.1919- ? ), H. C. Frick Coke Company, Scottdale, PA |
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| A portion of a ca.1939 Uniontown, PA 15
min. Quad. topographical map of the Phillips area of Fayette County, showing
the Phillips Mine & Coke Works, plus the settlement around the mine,
as well as the P. V & C. Railroad Branch line that served the Phillips
Mine & Coke Works and the other mines & coke works. The West
Penn Railway line also served the Redstone Creek mining patches with trolley
service. (Map courtesy of the U.S.Geological Survey, Washington, D.C.) |
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| Phillips, Fayette County,
PA A winter panoramic view of the coal company patch town of Phillips, Menallen Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, constructed by the H. C. Frick Coke Company to house the miners and coke workers from the Phillips Mine & Coke Works, date unknown. (Photo courtesy of the Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, PA) |
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| Phillips Childrens Playground.
Most mining towns had playground for the miners' children, this one was constructed by the H.C. Frick Coke Company for the children at Phillips, Fayette County, date unknown. (Photo courtesy of the Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, PA) |
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| A Coal Miners Family Garden in
Phillips The vegetable gardens were an important source of food the coal miner's families. An outdoor bake oven, to the right, kept the family in bread. This families garden was in Phillips. (Photo courtesy of the H.C. Frick Coke Company Collection, the USX Resource Managment Division, Uniontown, PA, and the Coal & Coke Heritage Center, Penn State University Fayette Campus, Uniontown, PA.) |
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| Coal Patch Houses in Phillips
Most mining towns had playground for the miners' children, this one was constructed by the H.C. Frick Coke Company for the children at Phillips, Fayette County, date unknown. (Photo by Chris Dellamea, courtesy www.coalcampuse.com.) |
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