Springdale in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Harwick Miners Memorial
In Memoriam of the Harwick Miners
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel
1. Harwick Miners Memorial
Subscribed by members of local unions of District No. 5 United Mine Workers of America. In memory of 179 miners and mine laborers who lost their lives in the Harwick Mine explosion January 25, 1904.
Erected 1905.
Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in this topic list: Disasters. A significant historical date for this entry is January 25, 1904.
Location. 40° 32.311′ N, 79° 47.54′ W. Marker is in Springdale, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It can be reached from Unnamed Road 0.1 miles south of Pittsburgh Street, on the right when traveling south. Located at St. Mark's Cemetery. Turn into the entrance to the Cheswick Generating Station and keep straight. The memorial and cemetery is on the right side. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Springdale PA 15144, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker and memorial is in Greater Pittsburgh. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in the Ohio River Valley, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Carnegie Hero Fund Commission (approx. 0.2 miles away); World War I Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Cheswick Veterans Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Rachel Carson (approx. half a mile away); Allegheny Valley Coal Miners Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); Harwick Honor Roll (approx. 1.3
this page online
Also see . . .
1. Allegheny Coal Company Harwick Mine Explosion. (Submitted on April 2, 2020, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)
2. Carnegie Hero Fund remembers victims of Harwick Mine disaster 113 years later. Carnegie Hero Fund Commission (Submitted on April 2, 2020, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel
2. Harwick Miners Memorial
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel
3. Harwick Miners Memorial
Plot in cemetery
Credits. This page was last revised on April 2, 2020. It was originally submitted on April 2, 2020, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,405 times since then and 91 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 2, 2020, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
