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REITZ NO. 2, PA
Although Berwind-White Coal Co. didn't found Reitz Coal Co., they had abosrbed it by the time Reitz No. 2 was built in 1916. Eventually Reitz No. 3 through 5 were opened in the Central
City area as well. Reitz No. 2 was in the Lower Kittanning seam of coal.
This was once an electric substation for
the Reitz No. 2 coal mine.
Looking down into the former coal patch town of Reitz No. 2. In the background is
the neighboring patch town of Cairnbrook.
The house on the right appears to still be sporting
its coal company-installed Insulbrick siding.
This may have been a row of managment houses.
Some of these homes have been modified to
such a degree that one would be hard pressed to realize they were once coal company homes.
Sources:
Summers, Patrica, editor. Somerset County, Pennsylvania; An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites. 1994.
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