Keeling Coal Company - Revision history

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Jrudiak at 00:42, 10 February 2009

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69.221.228.176: /* Edward Keeling was the owner of a coal mine on St. Patrick Street in Mt. Oliver. The mine was connected with the South Side by an incline, now the site of South Side Park, that ran from St. Patrick St. to 21st St. The mine continued under Mt. Oliv

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/* Edward Keeling was the owner of a coal mine on St. Patrick Street in Mt. Oliver. The mine was connected with the South Side by an incline, now the site of South Side Park, that ran from St. Patrick St. to 21st St. The mine continued under Mt. Oliv

69.221.228.176: The first two hills are Mt. Oliver, the third hill is Carrick

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The first two hills are Mt. Oliver, the third hill is Carrick

Jrudiak at 01:57, 2 December 2008

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Jrudiak at 01:38, 2 December 2008

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	== For more photos of coal miners see [[Miners]]. ==		== For more photos of coal miners see [[Miners]]. ==
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		+	== At the intersection of [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=becks+run+rd+and+east+carson+street,+15203&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=43.25835,101.25&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=E+Carson+St+%26+Becks+Run+Rd,+Pittsburgh,+Allegheny,+Pennsylvania&ll=40.411025,-79.955485&spn=0.002549,0.00618&t=h&z=18 Beck's Run Road and E. Carson Street] the Beck's Run Coal Tipple was the beginning of the end for some of the coal extracted from the Hays Mine at Beck's Run Road and E.Agnew Avenue. ==
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	[[[Image:Mine Rescue Testing.jpg]]		[[[Image:Mine Rescue Testing.jpg]]
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		+	== A collection of coal miner photos not of Carrick but possibly a representation of how life was in the coal mines for our former residents. Photo courtesy of Joyce Chalfant. ==

	[[Image:Mine Rescue Testing (1).jpg]]		[[Image:Mine Rescue Testing (1).jpg]]
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		+	== For more photos of coal miners see [[Miners]]. ==

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−	== ~~Edward~~ Keeling was the owner of a coal mine on St. Patrick Street in Mt. Oliver. The mine was connected with the South Side by an incline, now the site of South Side Park, that ran from St. Patrick St. to 21st St. The mine continued under Mt. Oliver,exited to cross a ravine, continued under a second hill, then exited again to cross another ravine on a 200 yard trestle over Wagner Street, then continued under Carrick near Bruner and Linnview Avenue. It continued underground to [[Spiketown]], where it emerged again. Coal from the Bausman mine was tranferred to a train pulled by a steam locomotive, and transported through the Keeling mine to the coal incline. "Old coal mine workers told how they entered a coal mine down by volunteers field, probably Keeling, and then went thru sevral different portals and shuttles to work out in the Library and Findlay coal mine area. ==	+	== Joseph Keeling was the owner of a coal mine on St. Patrick Street in Mt. Oliver. The mine was connected with the South Side by an incline, now the site of South Side Park, that ran from St. Patrick St. to 21st St. The mine continued under Mt. Oliver,exited to cross a ravine, continued under a second hill, then exited again to cross another ravine on a 200 yard trestle over Wagner Street, then continued under Carrick near Bruner and Linnview Avenue. It continued underground to [[Spiketown]], where it emerged again. Coal from the Bausman mine was tranferred to a train pulled by a steam locomotive, and transported through the Keeling mine to the coal incline. "Old coal mine workers told how they entered a coal mine down by volunteers field, probably Keeling, and then went thru sevral different portals and shuttles to work out in the Library and Findlay coal mine area. ==

	== [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeling_Coal_Company Wikipedia Link to Keeling Coal Company] ==		== [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeling_Coal_Company Wikipedia Link to Keeling Coal Company] ==

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-== The owner of a coal mine on St. Patrick Street in Mt. Oliver. The mine was connected with the South Side by an incline, now the site of South Side Park, that ran from St. Patrick St. to 21st St. The mine continued under Mt. Oliver, crossed a ravine on a 200 yard trestle over Wagner Street, and continued under Carrick near Bruner and Linnview Avenue.  It then continued underground to [[Spiketown]], where it emerged again.  Coal from the Bausman mine was tranferred to a train pulled by a steam locomotive, and transported through the Keeling mine to the coal incline. "Old coal mine workers told how they entered a coal mine down by volunteers field, probably Keeling, and then went thru sevral different portals and shuttles to work out in the Library and Findlay coal mine area. ==
+== Edward Keeling was the owner of a coal mine on St. Patrick Street in Mt. Oliver. The mine was connected with the South Side by an incline, now the site of South Side Park, that ran from St. Patrick St. to 21st St. The mine continued under Mt. Oliver,exited to cross a ravine, continued under a second hill, then exited again to cross another ravine on a 200 yard trestle over Wagner Street, then continued under Carrick near Bruner and Linnview Avenue.  It continued underground to [[Spiketown]], where it emerged again.  Coal from the Bausman mine was tranferred to a train pulled by a steam locomotive, and transported through the Keeling mine to the coal incline. "Old coal mine workers told how they entered a coal mine down by volunteers field, probably Keeling, and then went thru sevral different portals and shuttles to work out in the Library and Findlay coal mine area. ==
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 == [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeling_Coal_Company Wikipedia Link to Keeling Coal Company] ==

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 == [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeling_Coal_Company Wikipedia Link to Keeling Coal Company] ==
+* Schellenberg, F.Z. (1899). [http://www.aimehq.org/search/docs/Volume%20029/029-15.pdf "The Longest Mine-Haulage"]. Retrieved on 2008-09-08.
 == The following two images are from an 1896 map of Baldwin Township. Carrick Borough did not exist yet, but was just a post office.  Spiketown was just a neighborhood in the great Baldwin Township. Notice at the very bottom of the map is the notation "[[Fairhaven]] PO" the name of the current [[Overbrook]] neighborhood. ==

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	== The owner of a coal mine on St. Patrick Street in Mt. Oliver. The mine was connected with the South Side by an incline, now the site of South Side Park, that ran from St. Patrick St. to 21st St. The mine continued under Mt. Oliver, crossed a ravine on a 200 yard trestle over Wagner Street, and continued under Carrick near Bruner and Linnview Avenue. It then continued underground to [[Spiketown]], where it emerged again. Coal from the Bausman mine was tranferred to a train pulled by a steam locomotive, and transported through the Keeling mine to the coal incline. "Old coal mine workers told how they entered a coal mine down by volunteers field, probably Keeling, and then went thru sevral different portals and shuttles to work out in the Library and Findlay coal mine area. ==		== The owner of a coal mine on St. Patrick Street in Mt. Oliver. The mine was connected with the South Side by an incline, now the site of South Side Park, that ran from St. Patrick St. to 21st St. The mine continued under Mt. Oliver, crossed a ravine on a 200 yard trestle over Wagner Street, and continued under Carrick near Bruner and Linnview Avenue. It then continued underground to [[Spiketown]], where it emerged again. Coal from the Bausman mine was tranferred to a train pulled by a steam locomotive, and transported through the Keeling mine to the coal incline. "Old coal mine workers told how they entered a coal mine down by volunteers field, probably Keeling, and then went thru sevral different portals and shuttles to work out in the Library and Findlay coal mine area. ==
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		+	== [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeling_Coal_Company Wikipedia Link to Keeling Coal Company] ==

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−	== The owner of a coal mine on St. Patrick Street in Mt. Oliver. The mine was connected with the South Side by an incline, now the site of South Side Park, that ran from St. Patrick St. to 21st St. The mine continued under Mt. Oliver, crossed a ravine on a 200 yard trestle over Wagner Street, and continued under Carrick near Bruner and Linnview Avenue. It then continued underground to [[Spiketown]], where it emerged again. Coal from the Bausman mine was tranferred to a train pulled by a steam locomotive, and transported through the Keeling mine to the coal incline. ==	+	== The owner of a coal mine on St. Patrick Street in Mt. Oliver. The mine was connected with the South Side by an incline, now the site of South Side Park, that ran from St. Patrick St. to 21st St. The mine continued under Mt. Oliver, crossed a ravine on a 200 yard trestle over Wagner Street, and continued under Carrick near Bruner and Linnview Avenue. It then continued underground to [[Spiketown]], where it emerged again. Coal from the Bausman mine was tranferred to a train pulled by a steam locomotive, and transported through the Keeling mine to the coal incline. "Old coal mine workers told how they entered a coal mine down by volunteers field, probably Keeling, and then went thru sevral different portals and shuttles to work out in the Library and Findlay coal mine area. ==

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−	== The following two images are from an 1896 map of Baldwin Township. Carrick Borough did not exist yet, but was just a post office. Spiketown was just a neighborhood in the great Baldwin Township. ==	+	== The following two images are from an 1896 map of Baldwin Township. Carrick Borough did not exist yet, but was just a post office. Spiketown was just a neighborhood in the great Baldwin Township. Notice at the very bottom of the map is the notation "[[Fairhaven]] PO" the name of the current [[Overbrook]] neighborhood. ==

	[[Image:Spiketown in Barlwin Twp..jpg]]		[[Image:Spiketown in Barlwin Twp..jpg]]