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| Shamrock Mine & Coke Works (Shamrock
No. 1 Mine & Coke Works) (ca.1900-1950's ), Located on the Monongahela River Railroad, east of New Salem, on PA Rt. SR 4006, New Salem Road five miles west of Uniontown, Shamrock, Menallen Twp., Fayette Co., PA [Shamrock Mine was a new mine opened in ca.1900, shipped the first coal December, 1900.] [Shamrock Coke Works contained 100 bee-hive coke ovens ca.1900.] [Shamrock Coke Works contained 200 bee-hive coke ovens ca.1905.] [Shamrock Coke Works contained 260 bee-hive coke ovens ca.1916, located in the Klondike Region of the Connellsville Coke Region, Fayette Co., PA.] Owners: (ca.1900- ? ), Fayette Coke Company, New Salem, PA (ca.1901- ? ), Fayette Coke Company, New Salem, PA (ca.1903- ? ), Fayette Coke Company, New Salem, PA (ca.1905- ? ), Fayette Coke Company, New Salem, PA (ca.1916- ? ), Fayette Coke Company, New Salem, PA (ca.1920- ? ), Fayette Coke Company, New Salem, PA
Shamrock No. 1 Mine & Coke Works
(ca.1900- ? ),
Shamrock No. 2 Mine (ca.1916-
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| A portion of the U.S.G.S. 15min. Masontown,
PA quad map ca.1935, showing the coal patch town of Shamrock and Shamrock
Station on the West Penn Railways trolley line. (Map courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C.) |
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| An undated photo of the Shamrock Coke Works
in blast. This picture must have been taken towards the later days
of its operation, as the does seem to be railroad tracks servicing the
coke ovens, but what appears to be truck tire tracks arond the front of the
ovens to haul away the coke. (Photo courtesy of the Coal & Coke Heritage Center, Penn State University Fayette Campus, Uniontown, PA.) |
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| Another undated photo of the Shamrock Coke
Works in blast, with all the bee-hive coke ovens burning. This appears
to be in its later days of operation, as the railroad tracks appear to have
been removed from in front of the ovens. (Photo courtesy of the Coal & Coke Heritage Center, Penn State University Fayette Campus, Uniontown, PA.) |
| Coal Miners
Memorial Shamrock Mine & Coke Works, Shamrock, Menallen Twp., Fayette Co.,PA |
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