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7 results for “Bretz” in Timeline
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Bretz coke ovens enter full production
1907 The Elkins Coal & Coke Company's Bretz plant entered full production in 1907. The Morgantown & Kingwood Railroad connected the operation with its principal customer, the Maryland Steel Company plant and shipyard at Sparrows Point near Baltimore. Bretz Bre…
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Construction begins on the Bretz beehive coke ovens
1906 After acquiring the town of Bretz and its adjacent coal mine from the West Virginia Coal Company in 1906, the Elkins Coal & Coke Company began constructing a bank of 400 beehive coke ovens. Bretz Bretz Coal, Coke & Mining National Register of Historic Pla…
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Last beehive coke ovens at Bretz cease operation
…verify The end of production marked the close of a long industrial era at Bretz, where coal mining and beehive coke production had shaped the community for generations. Bretz Bretz Coal, Coke & Mining Kin & Coal fieldwork and article notes
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The Morgantown & Kingwood Railroad reaches Bretz
…1903 Brown dates the arrival of the Morgantown & Kingwood Railroad at Bretz to September 1903, carrying the line farther along the Deckers Creek Valley. Bretz Bretz Railroads James J. Brown, “The Morgantown & Kingwood Railroad,” Proceedings and Papers of the M…
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Oak Park closes
…eyewitness recollection that the park likely closed around 1929, when the Bretz mine and the powerhouse supplying Oak Park shut down. Bretz / Masontown Bretz Masontown Culture, Media & Communications Brad Martin, “Oak Park,” e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedi…
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Rail service ends along the future Deckers Creek Trail
…that would become the Deckers Creek Rail-Trail. Morgantown / Reedsville Bretz Deckers Creek Masontown Morgantown Preston County Reedsville Railroads Mon River Trails Conservancy, local history account; TrailLink, “Deckers Creek Rail-Trail History”; Morgantown …
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The Morgantown & Kingwood Railroad reaches Kingwood
March 1906 Brown reports that the railroad from Bretz to Kingwood was completed by March 1906. The M&K was then making two daily trips between Morgantown and Kingwood. Kingwood Kingwood Railroads James J. Brown, “The Morgantown & Kingwood Railroad,” Proceeding…