South Park Township in Pittsburgh in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

1926 Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation Mine No. 4 Explosion

1926 Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corp Mine No. 4 Explosion Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 27, 2023

1. 1926 Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corp Mine No. 4 Explosion Marker

Inscription.

In memory of the men below who were killed on February 3, 1926 in the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation Mine No. 4, in the relentless struggle to take more and more coal away from the womb of Mother Earth, where it had rested for millions of years.

Antonio Apostle • Andy Berlage • Reese T. Bradburn • George Denard
H. M. Ernst • John Geth, Jr. • John Geth, Sr. • Tony Hern
William Holtzhauser • Louis Kristan • Lawrence Loadman • Mike Lucas
John Luznar • Harry Melani • John Petrovich • Tony Piccolo
John Polinsky • Andrew Smith • George Travis • Arthur Wells

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Disasters • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical date for this entry is February 3, 1926.

Location. 40° 19.807′ N, 79° 59.362′ W. Marker is in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It is in South Park Township. It is on Broughton Road east of Brownsville Road, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1168 Broughton Rd, Pittsburgh PA 15236, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

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: Spanish American War and World War I Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Korean Conflict (approx. 0.4 miles away); Vietnam Conflict (approx. 0.4 miles

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away); World War II Honor Roll (approx. 0.4 miles away); World War II Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Original Settler's Cabin (approx. ¾ mile away); The James Miller House (approx. 1.1 miles away); Honorable William Flinn (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pittsburgh.

Also see . . . Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation Horning No. 4 Mine Explosion. (Submitted on June 9, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

1926 Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation Mine No. 4 Explosion Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 27, 2023

2. 1926 Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation Mine No. 4 Explosion Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on June 9, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 9, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,158 times since then and 235 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 9, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.