History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . i iliil!llllillllliililliilii|;iMBiilli|HI. TYllONE—UPPER AND LOWER TOWNSHIPS. buililings and appliances for the business,—tank, of-fice, and dwellings for the employfe. The works areso favorably situated with regard to drainage that nopumping is required. The number of persons em-ployed by the works is fifteen. The Charlotte Furnace Companys Coke-Worksembrace sixty ovens, located on the Fayette Countyside of Jacobs Creek, directly opposite their furnaceand rolling-mill at Scottdale
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History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . i iliil!llllillllliililliilii|;iMBiilli|HI. TYllONE—UPPER AND LOWER TOWNSHIPS. buililings and appliances for the business, —tank, of-fice, and dwellings for the employfe. The works areso favorably situated with regard to drainage that nopumping is required. The number of persons em-ployed by the works is fifteen. The Charlotte Furnace Companys Coke-Worksembrace sixty ovens, located on the Fayette Countyside of Jacobs Creek, directly opposite their furnaceand rolling-mill at Scottdale, Westmoreland County. The Keifer Coke-Works were started by W. A.Keifer, who built five ovens here in 1871, and shippedthe first coke over the Mount Pleasant Branch Rail-road. He subsequently built a large number of ovensadditional to the first plant, but all of them wereafterwards demolished and about forty new oneserected, which are now in operation, producing cokefor the use of the Charlotte Furnace Company, andoperated by W. A. Keifer. The coal is mined bydrift, and about sixty tons of coke produced per day.The works give employment to thirt