Mine Pictures

Title: Company Houses – Library Road condemned – Description: This is a picture from the Hilltop Record of the company houses along Library Road when they were being condemned. You'll notice that houses are below the road. – Date (origin): 1948 – Picture ID #: 0076 

Title: Castle Shannon Coal trucks loading – Description: This is a picture of the trucks from Castle Shannon Coal in the terminal loading area. – Date (origin): 1931 – Picture ID #: 0062 

Title:Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation Mine 2 – Truck Loading Area – Description: This is a picture of the coal truck loading area at the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation. In the background you can see the terminal. – Date (origin): 1931 – Picture ID #: 0061 

Title: Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation Mine 2 – Coal Tupple – Description: This is a picture of the coal tupple for the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation. In the background you can see mining houses and street cars running under the conveyor belt. This mine was open from 1902 until 1938. – Date (origin): 1931 – Picture ID #: 0060 

Title: Hilltop View from a Company House – Description: This is a view from the hill above Library Road, where the company houses once stood. On the top right stand the smoke stacks and Saxonwald Greenhouses. On the right you can see the trolley barn. – Date (origin): 1961 – Picture ID #: 0091 

Title:Mining House – Description: – This is a picture of a typical mining house along Library Road. This picture was used to aid in house demolition. – Date (origin): 1947 – Picture ID #: 0090 

Title: House 23 – 24 – Description: This is a picture of a typical mining house on Route 88 (Library Road). These houses were condemned and knocked down. – Date (origin): 1947 – Picture ID #: 0089 

Title: Library Road Houses – Description: This is a picture of a mining house on Route 88 (Library Road). The row directly behind shows more mining houses and off in the right top corner is a new development of Rolling Rock Road in Baldwin Township. – Date (origin): 1947 – Picture ID #: 0087 

Title: Slag Dump Terminal Mine #2 – Description: This is a picture of slag dump from the Number 2 mine for Castle Shannon Coal. – Date (origin): 1948 – Picture ID #: 0088 

Title: Library Road near Havelock – Description: This is a picture of Library Road looking north towards the Castle Tavern. – Date (origin): 1940 – Picture ID #: 0080 

Title: Company Houses – Rear View Library Road – Description: This is a picture of newer houses on Library Road near The Grove. This is early in the time of the houses. Many of the workers in the company store were German, as were many business owners at this time. As a historical marker, you can see the Saxonwald Greenhouses in the background. – Date (origin): 1909 – Picture ID #: 0079 

Title: House 41 – 42 – Description: This is a picture of mining houses on Route 88 (Library Road). This is right before many were knocked down due being condemned. – Date (origin): 1947 – Picture ID #: 0086 

Title: Company Houses – Rear View Library Road – Description: This is a picture of the company houses on Library Road from the back side, from the area of where The Castle Tavern now stands. In the background you can see the slag piles behind some of the houses. – Date (origin): 1920 – Picture ID #: 0078 

Title: Company Houses – Rear View Library Road – Description: This is a picture of the back side of the company houses that stood on Library Road. This picture was originally mispublished as part of Upper St. Clair. They were eventually all knocked down. – Date (origin): 1920 – Picture ID #: 0077 

Title: Castle Shannon Coal logo – Description: This is an example of one of the logos used by Castle Shannon Coal Company. – Date (origin): 1931 – Picture ID #: 0063 

Title: Company Store – Inside – Description: This is a picture of the inside of the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Company store. – Date (origin): 1910 – Picture ID #: 0075 

Title: Company Store – Winter Time – Description: This is a picture of the company store in the winter time. You'll notice at the back is a school house. This school house pre-dates the store. This is the original building where the Hamilton School bell hung. – Date (origin): 1910 

Title: Company Store – Chestnut & Willow Avenue – Description: This is a picture of the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation company store, built in 1902. It burned down in 1930. This photo is from around 1910. Date (origin): 1910 – Picture ID #: 0072 

Title: Company Store – Description: This is a picture of the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation company store during a typical day. – Date (origin): 1910 – Picture ID #: 0073 

Title: After the mines – 4 – Description: This is a picture that shows the mining area after the coal tipple was knocked down. This picture shows the hollow after the mines had been closed. – Date (origin): 1949 – Picture ID #: 0071 

Title: After the mines – 1 – Description: This picture shows what the whole area between Kilarney and Linden Grove after the coal tipple was knocked down. The mining houses were destroyed in 1948. – Date (origin): 1949 – Picture ID #: 0068 

Title: After the mines – 2 – Description: This is a picture that shows the mining area after the coal tipple was knocked down. The mining houses were condemned. This particular photo shows where the trolley line stopped. – Date (origin): 1949 – Picture ID #: 0070 

Title: After the mines – 2 – Description: This is a picture that shows what the area between Kilarney and Linden Grove looked like after the coal tipple was knocked down. You can see the Castle Tavern in the top left corner. The mining houses were destroyed in 1948. – Date (origin): 1949 – Picture ID #: 0069 

Title: Castle Shannon Coal is Cleaner – Description: This is an example of advertising for Castle Shannon Coal Company in a local newspaper during the 1930's. – Date (origin): 1931 Picture ID #: 0067 

Title: Picking Tables – Castle Shannon Coal – Description: This is an example of advertising for Castle Shannon Coal Company in a local newspaper during the 1930's. – Date (origin): 1931 – Picture ID #: 0066 

Title: Shaker Screens – Castle Shannon Coal – Description: This is an example of advertising for Castle Shannon Coal Company in a local newspaper. – Date (origin): 1931 – Picture ID #: 0065 

Title: Castle Shannon Coal logo 2 – Description: This is an example of one of the logos used by Castle Shannon Coal Company. – Date (origin): 1931 – Picture ID #: 0064