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Old 07-16-2013, 04:26 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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Schenley Farms isn't the only part of Squirrel Hill that had mines.

Retrographer - Effects of the Hobart Street Mine Fire

715.185291.CP - Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh - Historic Pittsburgh Image Collection
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Old 07-16-2013, 05:08 PM
 
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Schenley Farms is not in Squirrel Hill.

This article suggests that the Bryn Mawr Road mine was uncharted, from the 19th century: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search

Here is an interesting map from the 1930s showing the location of bituminous coal in the East End: http://collection1.libraries.psu.edu...086/rotate/180
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Old 07-16-2013, 05:29 PM
 
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Originally Posted by doo dah View Post
Schenley Farms is not in Squirrel Hill.
Right. I got confused with Murdoch Farm.
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