Terminal Coal Company
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The Terminal Coal Company was a coal mining company in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
. It operated mines in the Pittsburgh Coalfield
, including mines in Becks Run
and Horning, Pennsylvania
. Unusually for that time in Pennsylvania, it hired African-American miners for some of its work.
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Allegheny County is a county in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,223,348; making it the second most populous county in Pennsylvania, following Philadelphia County. The county seat is Pittsburgh...
. It operated mines in the Pittsburgh Coalfield
Pittsburgh Coalfield
The Pittsburgh Coalfield is the largest of the Western Pennsylvania coalfields. It includes all or part of Allegheny, Fayette, Greene, Washington, and Westmoreland Counties in Pennsylvania. Coal has been mined in Pittsburgh since the 18th century. U.S. Steel and Bethlehem Steel owned Karen, Maple...
, including mines in Becks Run
Becks Run
Becks Run is a tributary of the Monongahela River. As an urban stream, it is heavily polluted, receiving combined sewer outflow from Carrick and Mount Oliver, Pennsylvania. There is a waterfall on a tributary, just downstream from a slate dump, near the intersection of Wagner Avenue and Mountain...
and Horning, Pennsylvania
Horning, Pennsylvania
Horning, Pennsylvania is an unincorprated town in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It was the residence of miners of the Pittsburgh Terminal Railroad and Coal Company #4 Mine, which had a racially integrated workforce, unusual in that era....
. Unusually for that time in Pennsylvania, it hired African-American miners for some of its work.