Another great video Scott. I've been fascinated by Concrete City for 30+ years and this is one of the best videos I've seen. You mention building the houses out of brick at one point. That's exactly what they did at Loomis Park, just a few miles from Concrete City. They were built in 1915. It was part of the Loomis Mine, north of Nanticoke. The last of the Loomis was torn down in the mid-1980's. Supposed to have had the deepest shaft in the valley, which sat behind Loomis Park where the miners lived. Route 29 now separates this area from the Park. The Loomis Mine was owned by the Glen Alden Coal Company (also called Blue Coal Company). The houses are still lived in today. The houses are on Loomis Park Road. Cheers!

@ODDySEEy

3 жыл бұрын

Great information, thank you. Even the inner city row homes that I mentioned are slab floor, slab walls for the first story "basement" and then they switch to brick for the second story "main floor"... it is weird that even after we knew of the moisture issues, it continues on to this day that we build poured concrete slabs for homes. Seems really weird.

I haven't been up there is a couple years,,, Better get up there before it gets too bad,,, Great video !! Thanks for sharing

@samanthab1923

3 жыл бұрын

D, didn't you go to an abandoned trestle up in that area?

@DDExplores

3 жыл бұрын

@@samanthab1923 There were a couple things in that area,,, Rich with abandoned RR and mining

Another job well done and another new landmark for me. 👍

@ODDySEEy

3 жыл бұрын

YES! Nothing is better than an actual visit if you are capable or able to get to a site.

Your videos are so well done. I'm hooked.

@ODDySEEy

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you!

Very interesting. Thank you.

@ODDySEEy

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Fifty years ago I played in these buildings during my lunch hour from the nearby (Askam) school. The death of my maternal grandfather and his son my uncle was directly related to the Loomis mine.

@ODDySEEy

3 жыл бұрын

I will, at some point, be paying the Loomis a visit. Lots of stories regarding the mines of NEPA.

I have seen several other videos on Cement City, but until I watched you explain what really happened I had no idea why it was built or for what reason. Thank you for a very informative video.

@ODDySEEy

3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome for the information and THAT is the goal of this channel. To hit those spots you have seen or heard of a million times and finally tell their story. That is what got me interested in doing this in the first place.

Hey Scott. I never run across many big old trees, thanks to your channel and other sources I’m realizing because of lumber, iron & coke the massive forests were consumed. Do you know where I could find some bits of old forest? Thanks

@ODDySEEy

3 жыл бұрын

There are VERY FEW in PA. They are called the Old Growth Forest and are listed on the Old Growth Forest Network website OldGrowthForest "dot" net and then go to Pennsylvania.

@johnlearn1425

3 жыл бұрын

Cooks Forest State Park in Clarion County has some big trees.

Great vid.. as usual..thank you.. close to my house is cement city Donora Pa... houses still used today and oddly Thomas Edison promoted it.. cool.. thanks man..

@ODDySEEy

3 жыл бұрын

When I was reminiscing of my old home in Philly... I realized it was exactly the same, even with the dripping condensation and mold, at least in the basement... which was where I lived as a teen.

@clareb6957

3 жыл бұрын

I grew up in Donora and remember Cement City well. There's another one, abandoned, in Youngstown, Ohio. A man is asking for funds to keep it around rather than scrapped.

My daughter wanted to go on a road trip with the first boyfriend. I decided on this place... good reports so far!😁

@ODDySEEy

2 жыл бұрын

Good choice!

Another good video!!

@ODDySEEy

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks again!

It would have seemed like a sweet heart deal at the time, but the out house situation would have been a hard no for me. Not that an out house would have been a no, but sharing one with multiple homes, heck nah. Kind of like the portashitters we had in Iraq and Afghanistan, wicked hot in the summer and cold AF in the winter. But most importantly, sharing it with that many people, those things got F'in nasty. And I imagine those out houses were probably worse, since they didn't have someone pressure washing them every couple of days.

@ODDySEEy

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking how suck they would be during a winter shoulder... a late January with high wind, wet air, and a -20 to 10 degree temp for a week. Leave your ass on the seat situation.

@terryyocumiii9645

3 жыл бұрын

@@ODDySEEy Well on the plus side you wouldn't have to worry about the bugs, or the baking piss and shit smell you get on a hot summer day, And if you're lucky someone already warmed the seat for you.

Awesome and love the history..thanks scott..concrete city ..I heard of it before glad I seen ur video to remember that..I believe in unions bc I worked with owners who wont give a dime to employees who made them wealthy

@ODDySEEy

3 жыл бұрын

As a side note... I am not pro nor anti union. I am sure there are ones that serve a purpose. When it came to coal mines, they were great for the first 5-10 years... then became Evil... and now are somewhere in between.

I’ve been there

@codeyzelenky4159

3 жыл бұрын

That’s is a awesome place

@ODDySEEy

3 жыл бұрын

It was interesting... if I was 10 years younger, it would be a place to go play some paintball.

@codeyzelenky4159

3 жыл бұрын

@@ODDySEEy I am 12 And I had a lot of fun