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The article for each Pennsylvania county with more than one school district includes a map showing all public school districts in the county. Circa the late 1960s the number of school districts was 2,277.
Mine and processing-related buildings and structures include three original batteries of coke ovens (c. 1904), a wood and steel tipple (c. 1905), a mine entrance tipple (c. 1904), a brick power house (1905), a brick blacksmith and carpenter shop (1910), and a concrete block supply house (c. 1919).
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Vera Cruz was the location of the earliest jasper mines on the North American continent, dating back to 8000 BC. [1] At the height of Lenape Indian jasper mining activities, more than 100 small jasper pits were operated in the area of Vera Cruz, primarily in what is now Jasper Park. The quarries were eventually abandoned in the 1680s. [2]
The Penn-Trafford School District is a public school district that serves western Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and a small portion of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The district is governed by a locally elected, nine member school board who serve, staggered four-year terms, the Pennsylvania General Assembly and the Pennsylvania Department ...
They include the extractive and archaeological remains of Colonial Mines No. 1 and 2 and related coke operations, 109 company built dwellings (92 workers' houses and 17 managers' houses), the Redstone Creek bridge, and the Smock War Monument. Other buildings are three schools, the company store, three churches, and a movie theater. [2]
Mines once operated in the area around Ruffs Dale, according to a United States Geological Survey map dated 1987. [8] The S. Dillinger & Sons distillery, which produced "Dillinger Pure Rye" whisky, was located in Ruffs Dale. [9] Constructed in 1882, it was still in operation in 1947, but was abandoned sometime prior to 1993.
Dickson City is located at (41.465984, -75.625401 According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 4.8 square miles (12 km 2), all land. ...