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BARR SLOPE, PA


Mar. 2006 image by author

Patch housing is of block construction at Barr Slope, a mine and company town established in 1905-06 by the Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corp.


Mar. 2006 image by author

There are other types of housing in Barr Slope, such as these single family "salt box" houses.


Mar. 2006 image by author

The Barr Slope mine closed in the mid 1950s, and a small manufacturing facility now sits where the tipple used to stand.


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