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BAKER-WHITELY, PA
A few of the remaining coal company houses in Baker-Whitely, PA. The Baker-Whitely Coal Company of Baltimore, MD began mining in this Shade Twp. location in 1911.
Three mines were in operation at Baker-Whitely: Elma No. 1, Elma No. 2, and Elma No. 3, the last of which was closed in 1952.
Former company store (known as Calvert Supply Company) building in Baker-Whitely, PA.
This shop building does remain from the Baker-Whitely mines.
This sign at Baker-Whitely reads, "Reitz No. 11 Plant," which was a coal washing facility dating to the 1970s when the Elma No. 1 mine was reopened.
The ruins of the above-mentioned Reitz No. 11 Plant. In the background is active PBS Coal Company's Baker-Whitely strip mine.
Sources:
Summers, Patrica, editor. Somerset County, Pennsylvania; An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites. 1994.
Aug. 2004 image by author
Image courtesy of Sam Baker
Image courtsy of Sam Baker
Aug. 2004 image by author
Aug. 2004 image by author