ECKLEY MINERS' VILLAGE

Eckley Miners' Village engages diverse audiences by preserving and telling the story of anthracite coal mining, the social and physical history of patch towns and their residents, and the evolution of regional culture. Eckley Miners' Village is administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and is actively supported by the Eckley Miners' Village Associates, which is a non-profit community-based organization... Founded in 1854, Eckley is an example of a planned nineteenth century coal mining town. It is a community, or coal "patch town," which provided mining families with the basic necessities such as housing and medical care, as well as basic amenities like a store, a school and churches. Companies often designed and constructed industrial communities to house their employees in close proximity to the collieries, or mining operations, for which they worked. Such mining towns were built to attract other mining families to live and work among the coal fields of..

Also known as: Eckley

Primary location: Weatherly United States