Ghost Town Trail

The Ghost Town Trail totals 46 miles in Indiana and Cambria Counties, Pennsylvania. The trail was originally established in 1991 when the Kovalchick Salvage Company donated 16 miles of the former Ebensburg & Black Lick Railroad to Indiana County. In 1993 the Cambria & Indiana Railroad donated an additional 4 miles from Rexis to White Mill Station known as the Rexis Branch. In 2005 an additional 20 miles were added to the trail - 12 miles in Indiana County and 8 miles in Cambria County. The trail is designated as a National Recreation Trail by the U.S. Department of the Interior.

Heshbon Bridge

Fall in Full Glory his bridge is a relatively small example of Pennsylvania's very attractive standard plan 1930s/40s truss bridge design.

https://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=pennsylvania/heshbon/

Blacklick Creek

Iron Sulfides leached out of the ground from the old coal mines in PA which contaminated the streams and permanently stained the rock beds. As a kid growing up near a number of coal mines we just called them Sulpher Creeks though that's probably not completely accurate.

Blacklick Creek 2

Iron Sulfides leached out of the ground from the old coal mines in PA which contaminated the streams and permanently stained the rock beds. As a kid growing up near a number of coal mines we just called them Sulpher Creeks though that's probably not completely accurate.

Claghorn Bridge

Named for Clarence Claghorn, superintendent of the Lackawanna Coal and Coke Company of Wehrum, the town was started and abandoned in 1903-04 due to an economic downturn. In 1916, the Vinton Colliery Company purchased Claghorn, opened 6 mine drifts, and constructed 84 houses, a three story 22-room hotel, a combination school/theater, and company store. 
The existing three-arch reinforced concrete bridge, located at the confluence of Blacklick Creek and Brush Creek, was built by Indiana County in 1917 at a cost of $19,000. The bridge connected the town and the mines on both sides of the creek. The highway bridge, now abandoned, has survived several major flood events, including the 1977 Johnstown flood. Except from https://www.indianacountyparks.org/downloads/ghosttown-trail/ghosttownofclaghorn.pdf

Buena Vista Furnace

Built in 1847 by Henry McClelland, Elias McClelland and Stephen Johnston, Buena Vista Furnace was named for the Mexican War battle of February 1847. Furnace operations began in 1848. The 30-foot cold blast furnace used local iron ore, limestone and charcoal to produce 400 tons of pig iron per year. About 61 men and boys and 30 mules labored at the furnace.

Eliza Furnance

The Eliza Furnace is a National Register site regarded as one of Pennsylvania's best preserved iron furnaces. Dating from 1846 the Eliza Furnace is one of only a few iron furnaces remaining in the United States which still retains its original heat exchanger piping. The Eliza Furnace was a hot blast furnace that operated from 1846-1849. At its peak the furnace employed 90 men and boys with 45 mules to produce 1,080 tons of pig iron a year.

AMD&ART

Now listed as the address from AMD&ART, 671 Main St, Vintondale, PA was a religious, church, worship property that contains built in 1930.

AMD&ART is an organization focused on addressing Acid Mine Drainage. https://amdandart.info/