Standard Shaft Mine and Coke Works
One of the world's largest coke producing centers operated here from 1883 to 1931. H. C. Frick Coke Company's more than 900 beehive ovens consumed thousands of tons of coal daily. The company publicized itself by exhibiting a scale model of Standard Shaft No. 2 at Chicago's Columbian Exposition in 1893. The largely immigrant work force, exemplary in its productivity, helped shape the culture of the region.
Marker is at the intersection of State Street and State Street Extension, on the right when traveling east on State Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
