Forbes Road, Pennsylvania
Forbes Road, Pennsylvania | |
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Unincorporated community | |
 Houses on Keaggy Avenue | |
  Forbes Road | |
| Coordinates: 40°21′14″N 79°31′18″W / 40.35389°N 79.52167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Westmoreland |
| Elevation | 1,096 ft (334 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 15633 |
| Area code | 724 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1174946[1] |
Forbes Road is an unincorporated community in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1] The community is located along Pennsylvania Route 819 3.7 miles (6.0 km) north of Greensburg. Forbes Road has a post office with ZIP code 15633, which opened on July 1, 1903.[2][3]
History
Jamison Coal & Coke Company opened a shaft-entry coal mine at Forbes Road in 1900. Known as Jamison No. 3 Mine, its production peaked in 1910, when the facility produced nearly 600,000 tons of coal and employed over 400 people. Jamison ceased operations in Forbes Road in the 1950s.[4] Several buildings and other remains that were part of the mining complex are visible along Hugus Street as of July 2019.
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Remains of mining activity
References
- ^ a b "Forbes Road". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ United States Postal Service. "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved December 20, 2015.
- ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
- ^ Muller, Edward K. and Carlisle, Ronald C. "WESTMORELAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA: An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites". Internet Archive. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Washington DC, 1994. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
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