Baggaley, Pennsylvania

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Baggaley
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Baggaley
Location within the state of Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40°16′6″N79°22′21″W / 40.26833°N 79.37250°W / 40.26833; -79.37250
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Westmoreland
Elevation
1,047 ft (319 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1192086 [1]

Baggaley is an unincorporated community in Unity Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a coal town, with houses built by the Puritan Coke Company of Latrobe to provide homes for its employees. The Puritan mine and coke works, which were once situated on the north side of town, operated from 1897 to 1922. Authors Edward Muller and Ronald Carlisle, writing in 1994, found no structures remaining from the mine or coke works. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Baggaley, Pennsylvania
  2. Muller, Edward and Carlisle, Ronald. "Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania: An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites" (PDF). National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved February 18, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)