6:45 I NEVER knew the Limerick Power plant actually caused people to leave their homes near the plant. That's actually depressing. I live in Royersford and mostly grew up in Oaks PA and always wondered what it was like living near the power plant. I know people in Limerick protested the plant being built in the mid 1970s.
Great coverage love your Pennsylvania coverage. FYI Steel Mills in the Mon Valley closed in the late 70s not just because of foreign steel imports but environmental regulations here in the US could not be easily met by mills build in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Whereas after the World War II we helped Japan and Germany rebuild their industrial infrastructure which gave them more environmentally friendly Steel Facilities. One Ghost Town you drove thru and probably didn’t even realize was Wehrum, there on Wehrum Road as you drove to Vintondale. I remember seeing the old elementary school (where my mom and uncle went to school) back on left heading east on Wehrum Road toward Vintondale.
My paternal grandmother grew up in Vintondale. It is one of the towns along the Ghost Town Trail in Cambria and Indiana counties. I grew up near there and attended the Wehrum school the last 3 years it was open. Grandma would tell stories of Wehrum and the nice hotel they had. In the early 70s, you could see the foundations of many buildings/houses, but the only standing structures then were the school and the 3 or 4 houses near it. One of my school classmates and her family lived on a farm near Dilltown which included the ghost (mining) town of Scott Glen. I have no idea if anything remains of it today.
PA is full of little secrets about secluded back waters. I also have one. Its a lost town called Bly Town in McKean County, PA near Turtlepoint. It was the first settlement town of various immigrant folk who moved south from NY state and beyond after the completion of the Erie canal. Working from North to South they settleed "Bly Town" as a "base camp". From there they settled the surrounding areas. Bly Town has long since been reclaimed by the forest but its still out there somewhere.
The people in yellow dog probably didn't call it that. The people that lived there made an agreement with the mine not to join a union. That agreement was called a yellow dog contract. Those agreements or contracts became illegal in the early 1930s.
@@travelawaitsyou l have lived near Yellow Dog all my life. It was and still is known as Yellow Dog. I’m 67 and have known quite a few people from Yellow Dog and they are all proud to tell you where they are from. Same for the people that live in Dog town which is a small town about 10 miles away from Yellow Dog.
I was born and raised in McKeesport. We moved away when I was 14, right before things started to go south. My dad worked in the steel mills until he got too sick and had to take early retirement. The city I remember was shown in these pics. It was a thriving, bustling city. A little tough and gritty, too. I’m glad we got out in time.
By strange coincidence, this morning I walked part of the schuylkill river trail and parked at the fricks lock trailhead. Years ago was able to tour the abandoned town.
Corry, PA . . about 30 mi southeast of Erie. Booming in the 50s/60s with steel: Ajax Iron Works, McInnis Steel, Rogers Structural Steel, etc. Now, just service industries; e.g., banks, gas stations, and a couple of fast-food joints.
@paulalim1476 Particularly in the fall and winter: The desolation, the winding wide open spaces with no soul, no purpose, inability to even gas up. In short, the middle of nowhere overall feel...Where No one resides nor ever will.
I`m from western pa its called yellow dog village because of yellow dog contracts the miners signed to swear to not join a union. It`s a neat little place.
Please look at minute mark 3:09. The drug store is not in the town the video claims it is. That drugstore is in Parksville, NY! See the sign in the window lower right says PARKSVILLE. I have a similar picture on my cell at that very corner, 1 Short Avenue, Parksville, NY 12768.
I have heard of yellow dog and Heard that it wasn't just the mine Closing down but Their were problems with the town water supply and septic system. But had brought the whole place and was trying to restore to it past glory has a tourist Attraction
@travelawaitsyou yinz might want to actually go to some of these places, because a lot of them aren't ghost towns! Some people might find it a bit offensive declaring their town a ghost town. Just saying!!! I live in Harrison City, Pa. Is my town a ghost town because they quit mining there? SMH
I thought you might be from Pittsburgh since you said yinz. I'm born and raised in Pittsburgh and I say that all the time and don't even realize I'm saying it.
Last city was named "Pithole". The notes to the video read "Pathol", but that's incorrect. Fascinating little video. I'm going to use Google Maps to see if I can't see a little more of some of these. I sure do wish some could revive.
I currently live across the river from Monessen. They are not saying the name correctly. I live in Charleroi PA accross the river from it. It's not as bad as Monessen but it's still not good and we have empty houses and buildings as well.
No longer, and back in 2020 they buried the road (graffiti highway) under dirt bc during Covid way too many people were going there for "recreational" activities.
@@brianbara3204 That's sad, the graffiti was cool Who should care if there is graffiti on a road that no one can drive on, such a waste of tax payers money.
Do a production on the Streetcars shown in the old photos. I remember fondly their tracks all up into the suburbs in the hills of Pittsburgh. GM had an evil, now illegal, hand in their shutdown. Orémus Y'all.
Pithole - near Drake's well where the US oil boom started back in 1865. Most people think Texas was where oil was started. It was not. It was right here in PA.
Even though the word jerk water is a term used to describe a poor backward town .I could have sworn I saw a town by this name on an old map of Pennsylvania . Some were between Dubois and Erie Pennsylvania . Could tell if I'm right or just imagine it .
I heard that yellow dog Had problems with Their Septic System and water supply and that's why town is semi deserted.but that someone bought it and was trying to fix it up again Has a Tourist attraction
It would be nice if you said WHERE in PA these places are as opposed to just along some river or creek. PA is huge. North? South, West? Central? Near what city?
What people don't realize about Pennsylvania, is that 75% of the state is like one of it's neighbors, West Virginia. Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and sever smaller cities make up the majority of the population. I've been to the Alvira bunkers. Its actually a state gamelands and i went hunting there with my friend. Its an erie place. We felt a little uncomfortable the whole time there. There's also an old cemetery there and it also borders the prison property. Theres alot of bad stuff that goes on in some of those bunkers. Game wardens have some bone chilling stories of paranormal stuff they've encountered.
I'd like to contact the creators of this video about one of the images. I don't want to embarrass you by just leaving the entire comment here. Can you just respond to me with your contact info? Thank you, My Boo and I enjoyed the various clips and were glad there are 2 towns closer to NJ for us to go check out.
@@travelawaitsyou I did contact you and sent you a pic of the same drug store and other buildings in that ghost town. I was under the impression you were going to remove this drug store pic.
@@michellemurphy8931 I thought that building looked familiar. My parents used to stop there on their way to their summer home in Roscoe N.Y. in the 80s.(They didn't like the pharmacist in Roscoe.) A shame what rerouting the highway did to Parkville .
@ yes, my Boo explained that’s why Parksville is a ghost town - rerouting a highway. In Wurtsboro there is a small museum that has pics of the area in its heyday and mentions the invention of air conditioning as another reason for the decline of the area. It is pretty sad how something that can make life better for some people can ruin life for others.
we are just planning for next part, will surely add Renovo as well. Thanks for suggestion and don't forget to hit subscribe so you won't miss our next video
Obviously your not from Pennsylvania otherwise you would know how to pronounce Monseen sorry to be rude.but when you do these please learn who to pronounce the Names ok.thanks for Sharing hope you have a good evening
Remember all the steel mills everywhere in PA. Ship it overseas and import from there!!!here's hoping that INDUSTRY will be brought home with the new president and cabinet coming in.MAGA
I immediately thought of him as your comment came up in the lineup. So I'm not the only one that veiws his presidency as a joke on the American people.
Ugh Now they are saying about yellow dog. My sister and her ex and kids used to live there. The town was shut down from an issue with the well water. salmonella was the issue and people were forced to move out. The reason he gives in this video isn't correct.
@@travelawaitsyou The town was supplied by well water. They said a snake got in the well and it rotted contaminating the well. The same person owned the whole town and rented the homes out. It's very close to Worthington Pennsylvania. I have a sister Mindy who used to live there with her ex and two sons. The rent was fairly reasonable.
Abandoned Steel Mills in PA: ua-cam.com/video/lEYxTPOTqkY/v-deo.htmlsi=HiZIP5p4-Tkyi_MG
17 Hidden Wonders in PA: ua-cam.com/video/A7pp4IoxOaw/v-deo.html
If a century is 100 years long why do you not give the correct years there's always failures abundant on UA-cam shorts
6:45 I NEVER knew the Limerick Power plant actually caused people to leave their homes near the plant. That's actually depressing. I live in Royersford and mostly grew up in Oaks PA and always wondered what it was like living near the power plant. I know people in Limerick protested the plant being built in the mid 1970s.
I remember seeing the rods come through on the trucks.
Great coverage love your Pennsylvania coverage. FYI Steel Mills in the Mon Valley closed in the late 70s not just because of foreign steel imports but environmental regulations here in the US could not be easily met by mills build in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Whereas after the World War II we helped Japan and Germany rebuild their industrial infrastructure which gave them more environmentally friendly Steel Facilities.
One Ghost Town you drove thru and probably didn’t even realize was Wehrum, there on Wehrum Road as you drove to Vintondale. I remember seeing the old elementary school (where my mom and uncle went to school) back on left heading east on Wehrum Road toward Vintondale.
glad you liked it.
My paternal grandmother grew up in Vintondale. It is one of the towns along the Ghost Town Trail in Cambria and Indiana counties. I grew up near there and attended the Wehrum school the last 3 years it was open. Grandma would tell stories of Wehrum and the nice hotel they had. In the early 70s, you could see the foundations of many buildings/houses, but the only standing structures then were the school and the 3 or 4 houses near it. One of my school classmates and her family lived on a farm near Dilltown which included the ghost (mining) town of Scott Glen. I have no idea if anything remains of it today.
Monessen is pronounced Mo-Nessen. It is named after Essen, Germany (a big steel making town) and the Monangahela River - Essen on the Mon River!
thanks for the correction.
@@travelawaitsyouit’s also the town where they filmed the mill scene (climax) in the original Robocop movie
Dude, gotta love AI voice over. Sux huh.
This may be AI. Bots don't know how to pronounce everything right. I don't like AI Narration, so I avoid these types of channels.
I'll bet the 17'000 plus people that live in McKeesport wouldn't call it a ghost town
PA is full of little secrets about secluded back waters. I also have one. Its a lost town called Bly Town in McKean County, PA near Turtlepoint. It was the first settlement town of various immigrant folk who moved south from NY state and beyond after the completion of the Erie canal. Working from North to South they settleed "Bly Town" as a "base camp". From there they settled the surrounding areas. Bly Town has long since been reclaimed by the forest but its still out there somewhere.
thanks for this infor. wanna see this in next part?👀
@@travelawaitsyou Do it
New Kensington and the loss of ALCOA.
The people in yellow dog probably didn't call it that. The people that lived there made an agreement with the mine not to join a union. That agreement was called a yellow dog contract. Those agreements or contracts became illegal in the early 1930s.
thank you for the information
My family grew up in nearby Worthington. It was absolutely referred to as Yellow dog by the people that lived there and those that lived nearby.
@@travelawaitsyou l have lived near Yellow Dog all my life. It was and still is known as Yellow Dog. I’m 67 and have known quite a few people from Yellow Dog and they are all proud to tell you where they are from. Same for the people that live in Dog town which is a small town about 10 miles away from Yellow Dog.
I was born and raised in McKeesport. We moved away when I was 14, right before things started to go south. My dad worked in the steel mills until he got too sick and had to take early retirement. The city I remember was shown in these pics. It was a thriving, bustling city. A little tough and gritty, too. I’m glad we got out in time.
thanks for sharing
Very well narrated video, thanks for sharing!👍❤️🇵🇷🙏
Glad you enjoyed it. Stay tuned we've more on the way
Love your vids. How about Sumit Hill & North eastern PA?
thank you. will look into it
I'm from McKeesport so good to hear my town
thank you
You need to add Dunbar, pa
in next part
My dad’s family lived in Dunbar. I stayed there for a few days when I was a kid. Didn’t know it was gone.
Great video. Could you please look into Smock, PA? It was a coal mining town in the 1930s.
Sure. Will check and put in the next part.
I could see the Alvira bunkers being turned into survival shelters.
Your Pennsylvania Playlist is SUPERBBBBBBBBBBBB!!!! Thanks
appreciate it
You NEED to come to Avonmore, Pennsylvania.
sure
By strange coincidence, this morning I walked part of the schuylkill river trail and parked at the fricks lock trailhead. Years ago was able to tour the abandoned town.
Wao!!
Corry, PA . . about 30 mi southeast of Erie. Booming in the 50s/60s with steel: Ajax Iron Works, McInnis Steel, Rogers Structural Steel, etc. Now, just service industries; e.g., banks, gas stations, and a couple of fast-food joints.
thanks for the info
Very rarely superstitious; yet, many of the disused areas of The Endless Mountains, high upstate, feels mighty haunted.
How so?
@paulalim1476 Particularly in the fall and winter:
The desolation, the winding wide open spaces with no soul, no purpose, inability to even gas up. In short, the middle of nowhere overall feel...Where No one resides nor ever will.
Jeannette Pa
noted.
I believe the term "yellow dog" was a description for material used in the processing of charcoal/steel.
Interesting!
There was a guy on kdka radio who used to call Mckeesport as Mickey's Port.
I'm some these places Are still around and still well Known
No , Not Pithole , Pit Hole ! YIKES !
thanks for the correction
I`m from western pa its called yellow dog village because of yellow dog contracts the miners signed to swear to not join a union. It`s a neat little place.
thank you for the information
I was born in McKeesport Hospital in 1954 and lived at 413 32nd St. until I was 7yo.
Please look at minute mark 3:09. The drug store is not in the town the video claims it is. That drugstore is in Parksville, NY! See the sign in the window lower right says PARKSVILLE. I have a similar picture on my cell at that very corner, 1 Short Avenue, Parksville, NY 12768.
we have mentioned this in description. it was a editing mistake
I have heard of yellow dog and Heard that it wasn't just the mine Closing down but Their were problems with the town water supply and septic system. But had brought the whole place and was trying to restore to it past glory has a tourist Attraction
That's my understanding, too. It's the water.
@travelawaitsyou yinz might want to actually go to some of these places, because a lot of them aren't ghost towns! Some people might find it a bit offensive declaring their town a ghost town. Just saying!!! I live in Harrison City, Pa. Is my town a ghost town because they quit mining there? SMH
I thought you might be from Pittsburgh since you said yinz. I'm born and raised in Pittsburgh and I say that all the time and don't even realize I'm saying it.
a map showing where the towns are would be helpful
Noted
Last city was named "Pithole". The notes to the video read "Pathol", but that's incorrect.
Fascinating little video. I'm going to use Google Maps to see if I can't see a little more of some of these. I sure do wish some could revive.
Thanks for the correction, I'll update the notes in the video!
I currently live across the river from Monessen. They are not saying the name correctly. I live in Charleroi PA accross the river from it. It's not as bad as Monessen but it's still not good and we have empty houses and buildings as well.
Thanks for sharing your experience!
I’ve been to Centralia about 40 years ago, there was still a few people living there at that time.
No longer, and back in 2020 they buried the road (graffiti highway) under dirt bc during Covid way too many people were going there for "recreational" activities.
Centralia is very different now. You can't get in. Even the graffiti road is gone.
@@brianbara3204 That's sad, the graffiti was cool Who should care if there is graffiti on a road that no one can drive on, such a waste of tax payers money.
@@susansouthard No, the road is gone. It wasn't removed. It is gone.
@brianbara3204 yes you can drive through Centralia. Access to graffiti road is blocked/covered over. Supposedly too dangerous
AI needs to learn the proper pronunciation
Please post videos with Time-Stamps to each sections in the video... TY///...
sure.
We have 2 steel mills here🎉 in Beaver County PA that has been shut down years ago B and W and Multrips Steel
we have just posted the video on Forgotten Steel Mills in PA. You can check out on our channel:)
Livermore. Underwater currently from Johnstown flood, some of town is still above water.
Monanga HEEL a; Moe-NESS-en; Pit-hole, not Pith. From a life-long Pennsylvanian.
Thanks for correction
Do a production on the Streetcars shown in the old photos.
I remember fondly their tracks all up into the suburbs in the hills of Pittsburgh.
GM had an evil, now illegal, hand in their shutdown.
Orémus Y'all.
Pithole - near Drake's well where the US oil boom started back in 1865. Most people think Texas was where oil was started. It was not. It was right here in PA.
Interesting!
The drake, and the mclintok number one still produces oil. Longest producing oil well in the world.
Yes, Drake well in Titusville was the first producing oil well. Pithole is a “ghost town”.
I was born in Mickey Port Hospital.
thanks for sharing
All western PA towns try northeast PA
sure.
Monessen is mon NES son
Got it
Even though the word jerk water is a term used to describe a poor backward town .I could have sworn I saw a town by this name on an old map of Pennsylvania . Some were between Dubois and Erie Pennsylvania . Could tell if I'm right or just imagine it .
I heard that yellow dog Had problems with Their Septic System and water supply and that's why town is semi deserted.but that someone bought it and was trying to fix it up again Has a Tourist attraction
i tried the exact location of any remnants of Livermore Pa.
did you find any?
Look into Lausanne Landing
Is J&L still open on Southside?
nope. for more details about what happened, kindly check this video: ua-cam.com/video/lEYxTPOTqkY/v-deo.htmlsi=rmTKawCXYhKNRC7_
Yellow Dog can now change it's name to White Sheep. I saw one at 6:20.
lol
I just biked through vitondale last week
That's great. How was your experience?
@ it rained on me
If you visit these places please be sure you're driving on the CORRECT side of the road!
My dad worked at us steel Irwin works
Glad to know that
Please look at irvinepa
sure
It would be nice if you said WHERE in PA these places are as opposed to just along some river or creek. PA is huge. North? South, West? Central? Near what city?
we have added the exact locations, kindly check the description
You may want to look up what you want know also on a map.Peace.
What people don't realize about Pennsylvania, is that 75% of the state is like one of it's neighbors, West Virginia. Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and sever smaller cities make up the majority of the population.
I've been to the Alvira bunkers. Its actually a state gamelands and i went hunting there with my friend. Its an erie place. We felt a little uncomfortable the whole time there. There's also an old cemetery there and it also borders the prison property. Theres alot of bad stuff that goes on in some of those bunkers. Game wardens have some bone chilling stories of paranormal stuff they've encountered.
I was gonna say the same thing - I had to grit my teeth through that part of an otherwise enjoyable video!
thank you
I live in Western Pa it pronounced MON ES SON.
Thanks for the correction
There wasn't good water in yellow dog. That's why it's empty
Hermanie PA
okay
I'd like to contact the creators of this video about one of the images. I don't want to embarrass you by just leaving the entire comment here. Can you just respond to me with your contact info? Thank you, My Boo and I enjoyed the various clips and were glad there are 2 towns closer to NJ for us to go check out.
Sure, please contact us at: travelawaitsyouu@gmail.com
See my comment below. This store is on 1 Short Ave., Parksville, NY.
@@travelawaitsyou I did contact you and sent you a pic of the same drug store and other buildings in that ghost town. I was under the impression you were going to remove this drug store pic.
@@michellemurphy8931 I thought that building looked familiar. My parents used to stop there on their way to their summer home in Roscoe N.Y. in the 80s.(They didn't like the pharmacist in Roscoe.) A shame what rerouting the highway did to Parkville .
@ yes, my Boo explained that’s why Parksville is a ghost town - rerouting a highway. In Wurtsboro there is a small museum that has pics of the area in its heyday and mentions the invention of air conditioning as another reason for the decline of the area. It is pretty sad how something that can make life better for some people can ruin life for others.
I live near vintondale.. me and my wife go down to the fireman's club to drink and eat and shoot pool
great to hear that
I always liked playing there with my band Ruff Tymes.
Still waiting for Renovo none of these are even hidden as renovo is
we are just planning for next part, will surely add Renovo as well. Thanks for suggestion and don't forget to hit subscribe so you won't miss our next video
What about Centralia?
.
Centralia, been burning from coal fire for hundreds of years.
Well, since 1962.
@ lol sorry, was more of a hyperbole, but yes
😂😂😂😂It's not been hundreds of years. Only since the 60's. 1960's. Not the 1660's.
You are pronouncing Monessen wrong
thank you for pointing out
how about blaw nox
Will look into it
Please look at warrenpa
Sure
I tried to find the exact location of any remnants such as maybe foundations or old roads etc. of Livermore, anybody can help Tnx.Cliff
We've put the exact locations in description/comments
Mon-Esson
thanks for correction
Moe-Ness-en
thanks for the correction
MON- ess---en
thanks for correction
Braddock pa, and apollo pa. Would be good shows for your podcast
Braddock is already covered in one of our previous videos
Braddock still has its steel mill
Not our fault the brown people gave that town a bad rep
Yellow dog was abandoned because of the contaminated water.
Thanks for the information
Pit hole
mon a sin/ mo ness in
thanks for correction
@@travelawaitsyou my pleasure.
IT IS MO NES SEN
thanks for the correction paul
It's Pit Hole
Thanks for correction
@@travelawaitsyouIt is Pithole. I live not far from there. Larry probably doesn't even know where it's at.
You say Monessen as
Mo nes sen.
Thanks for correction
Monongahela (5 syllables) Mah- non-ga-HEY-la
Monessen =Moe- NESS-in
thanks for the correction:)
You can blame reagan for the exacerbated speed in which started our downward spiral from being the absolute best.
I think Yellow Dog was a Indian name. I was growing up I had Indian friends.
I am from Minersville coal country
thanks for sharing
ghost towns that millions live in 😂 🍻
🤫
Yeah, I like the way you pronounced that one City it was horrible
Use larger letters, my eyes arent what they once were!!
sure
Not pith ole.. Pit Hole
thanks for the correction
Pit-hole, not Pith-ole!
Okay
Pit-hole is the correct pronunciation, I grew up not too far away from there,
thanks for the correction
You lost me at ‘Monnason”. I guess Chat GPT can’t tell you how to properly pronounce names 😂
It's a tough one!
They changed the name McKeesport to McKillsport
I didn’t know that. Haven’t been there since 1990.
It’s pronounced Munnesun ;)
thanks for the correction
Pithole is pronounced pit hole
thanks for correction
Pithole is pronounced Pit-hole
thanks for correction
Obviously your not from Pennsylvania otherwise you would know how to pronounce Monseen sorry to be rude.but when you do these please learn who to pronounce the Names ok.thanks for Sharing hope you have a good evening
we're working on the pronunciation. thank you for your understanding
Pretty sure it’s pronounced Pit-hole. No th sound.
Thanks for correction
It's pronounced mon e sen.
Thanks to Reagan. Don't worry, trump will bring it ALL back😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Oh, yes. But dont' hold your breath.
Remember all the steel mills everywhere in PA. Ship it overseas and import from there!!!here's hoping that INDUSTRY will be brought home with the new president and cabinet coming in.MAGA
Liberalism is a mental disorder
I suggest you study Reaganomics and the financial industrial history. I lived through Carter & Reagan. Reagan won two HUGE landslides.
I immediately thought of him as your comment came up in the lineup. So I'm not the only one that veiws his presidency as a joke on the American people.
Please stop adding streaks and snow on the videos, supposedly signifying age. It’s distracting and irritating.
Appreciate your feedback! We’re always looking to improve the viewing experience, so I’ll definitely take your thoughts into consideration.
Pith hole is not the way it’s pronounced
yeah its a mistake, we have noticed. actually we are not native English that's why facing some sort of difficulties in pronunciation.
Good god you lost me 20 seconds in! This is the most garbage AI slop I've seen in a while!
Ugh Now they are saying about yellow dog. My sister and her ex and kids used to live there. The town was shut down from an issue with the well water. salmonella was the issue and people were forced to move out. The reason he gives in this video isn't correct.
can you please elaborate more?
@@travelawaitsyou The town was supplied by well water. They said a snake got in the well and it rotted contaminating the well. The same person owned the whole town and rented the homes out. It's very close to Worthington Pennsylvania. I have a sister Mindy who used to live there with her ex and two sons. The rent was fairly reasonable.