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H.C. Frick Coke Company

ca. 1909-1930

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H.C. Frick Coke Company
  • Title
  • H.C. Frick Coke Company
  • Creator
  • Gates, John K.
  • Date
  • ca. 1909-1930
  • Identifier
  • 9122.XIX21.GT
  • Description
  • H. C. Frick Coke Company, shaft #2. Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919) organized the H. C. Frick Coke Company in 1871. The company was to become one of the largest coke-producing firms in the world, and Frick was an undisputed "king of coke." he sold this product to Carnegie, and became a millionaire by age 30.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Mines and mineral resources
    Mine shafts
    Buildings
    H.C. Frick Coke Company
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Connellsville (Pa.)
  • Source
  • John Gates Photograph Collection, ca. 1890-1910
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • John Gates Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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