Keystone State Park Research Paper
The primary recreational opportunity in the planned project area is Keystone State Park which was created by the steel mills of Pittsburgh. The mills needed coke, partially burned coal, to make steel. To make coke, the coal companies needed to burn coal and quickly extinguish it requiring large amounts of water.
In 1909, the Keystone Coal and Coke Company purchased land at the convergence of McCune and Davis Runs to build a lake to supply water for washing bituminous coal to quench the coke from their coke ovens at Salem #1 Mine. The water from the newly built Keystone Lake flowed, gravity-fed, through two miles of wooden pipes to the coal washing facility.
Executives of the company used Keystone Lake for fishing, swimming, and boating.
In 1909, the Keystone Coal and Coke Company purchased land at the convergence of McCune and Davis Runs to build a lake to supply water for washing bituminous coal to quench the coke from their coke ovens at Salem #1 Mine. The water from the newly built Keystone Lake flowed, gravity-fed, through two miles of wooden pipes to the coal washing facility.
Executives of the company used Keystone Lake for fishing, swimming, and boating.