GREENSBURG VLNTR FIRE DEPARTMENT MSM

GREENSBURG, PA

GAP: Red Waterfall in 2024 Demonstrating acid mine drainage The water here is acid and iron-rich, coming up to the surface from underground mines, staining the rocks rust-red. Acid mine drainage (AMD) is a major source of water pollution and the cause of the extensive stream degradation and environmental damage. Where did this mine water come from? The Ocean Coal Company, a subsidiary of Berwind-White Coal Company of Philadelphia, PA established several mines in this region including in 1900, Ocean No. 2. It is purported that drainage from Ocean No. 2 is the chief cause of the Red Waterfall. Why is it acidic and full of iron? Hundreds of millions of years ago, the massive Pittsburgh Coal Seam formed underneath parts of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio from ancient swamp plants. Sand, silts, shells, and other matter were deposited and made a rock seal over the carbon rich vegetation. This rock contained the mineral "pyrite", made of iron and sulfur. Cola mining exposes pyrite to oxygen and ground water causing the formation of sulfuric acid and a number of red, orange, and yellow compounds. AMD occurs when this mine water seeps, or in this sea, bursts out into streams. The yellow sulfur can be seen in the shale near coal seams. Source: Greater Allegheny Passage Great Allegheny Passage @ Buena Vista, Pennsylvania
GAP: Red Waterfall in 2024 Credit: daveynin

The Greensburg Volunteer Fire Department (GVFD) is a non-profit organization located in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. The GVFD is an all-volunteer fire department serving the City of Greensburg and surrounding area. Established in 1837, the GVFD has a long history of providing fire protection services to the community.

The GVFD is comprised of nearly 100 members, ranging from junior members to senior officers. The department is organized into four divisions: Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Fire Prevention, Training and Education, and Fire Suppression. Each division is managed by its own dedicated staff and overseen by the department’s chief.

The GVFD is committed to providing the highest quality of fire protection and emergency medical services to the citizens of Greensburg. The department is well-equipped with state-of-the-art apparatus, such as fire engines, ladder trucks, and ambulances, and is staffed by highly-trained personnel. The GVFD also operates a rescue boat and participates in mutual aid agreements with other departments in the area.

The GVFD is a proud member of the Pennsylvania Firemen’s Association and the National Fire Protection Association. The department is actively involved in the community, organizing fundraising events and providing outreach and education opportunities to the public. The GVFD is dedicated to protecting the safety and well-being of the citizens of Greensburg and the surrounding area.

GREENSBURG VLNTR FIRE DEPARTMENT MSM is a Uncategorized or General Museum in GREENSBURG PA. US MID #8404200192

The museum is classed as GMU (Uncategorized or General Museums). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: Mid-Atlantic (District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania).

GAP: Red Waterfall in 2024 Demonstrating acid mine drainage The water here is acid and iron-rich, coming up to the surface from underground mines, staining the rocks rust-red. Acid mine drainage (AMD) is a major source of water pollution and the cause of the extensive stream degradation and environmental damage. Where did this mine water come from? The Ocean Coal Company, a subsidiary of Berwind-White Coal Company of Philadelphia, PA established several mines in this region including in 1900, Ocean No. 2. It is purported that drainage from Ocean No. 2 is the chief cause of the Red Waterfall. Why is it acidic and full of iron? Hundreds of millions of years ago, the massive Pittsburgh Coal Seam formed underneath parts of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio from ancient swamp plants. Sand, silts, shells, and other matter were deposited and made a rock seal over the carbon rich vegetation. This rock contained the mineral "pyrite", made of iron and sulfur. Cola mining exposes pyrite to oxygen and ground water causing the formation of sulfuric acid and a number of red, orange, and yellow compounds. AMD occurs when this mine water seeps, or in this sea, bursts out into streams. The yellow sulfur can be seen in the shale near coal seams. Source: Greater Allegheny Passage Great Allegheny Passage @ Buena Vista, Pennsylvania
Eclipse: Thick layers of cloud Mammoth Park @ Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania
Seeing the hole through eclipse Mammoth Park @ Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania
Eclipse showdown: Through Mammoth Park Mammoth Park @ Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania
Ember at Mammoth Park overlook Mammoth Park @ Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania
Obey the rules in playground No Wax Paper or other enhancement materials Do not ride in inclement weather! Ride feet first, sitting upright, hands off sides Climb up cargo net & rock scramble, not down Slides get hot! Temperature first One person rides at a time Mammoth Park @ Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania
View of giant slide from the base Mammoth Park @ Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania
Story about Giant Slide Mammoth Park @ Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania
Spring Buds At the Club.
Joe Magarac, steel working Superjack Joe can bend steel bars at will. The Croatian steelworkers around Pittsburgh gave rise to the tall tales of Joe Magarac. I read that <i>magarac</i> means donkey in Croatian. So there is satire in these Joe Magarac tales of how super Joe can work through bad steel working conditions.
September 1, 2019: McWilliams Building and clock tower, Main Street at 3rd Street, Irwin, Pennsylvania One of the most well-known landmarks of downtown Irwin, Pennsylvania is the McWilliams Building, which has been standing sentinel at the southwest corner of Main and Third Streets since 1877. Originally two stories in height, the Italianate decorative aesthetic employed by the original architect was decidedly <i>passé</i> by the time the top floor was added in 1905, yet the two discrete phases of the building's construction nonetheless display a harmonious and relatively seamless stylistic continuity marked by a pronounced emphasis on verticality: the light massing, the tall and narrow dimensions of the windows with their distinctive segmentally-arched crowns, and the brick quoins that both delineate the exterior corners and climb the façade as ersatz pilaster strips between pairs of windows all serve to draw the eye upward, while the 1905 addition singlehandedly supplied the overlapping corbels that undergird the roofline. Doubtless the McWilliams Building's most iconic feature, however, is its distinctive corner tower, inside which is mounted an 1875 Seth Thomas Model 127 mechanical clock that draws power from a winding mechanism designed by Thomas McWilliams himself in his capacity as Irwin's resident jeweler, clockmaker, and optician. The clock operated reliably from the time of its installation until sometime in the mid-1940s, but was brought back to working order courtesy of a 1993 restoration financed with surplus funds left over from Irwin's 125th anniversary celebration. The building now houses the offices of Reliant Systems, a distributor of electronic security systems whose owner, Larry Cole, serves proudly as the clock's caretaker. If you're an architecture buff like me, you can read more of my ramblings at <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/198134987@N03/">Western New York Architecture Deep Cuts</a>, my other account where I go deeper into the weeds about these sorts of things.
May 29, 2023: Veterans Memorial, Irwin, Pennsylvania Seen just before the start of the annual Memorial Day Parade in downtown Irwin, Pennsylvania is the Veterans Memorial, which stands at the corner of Main Street and Pennsylvania Avenue adjacent to the entrance to Irwin Park. It's a tall, narrow granite slab about eight feet in height, surmounted consecutively by a globe and a bronze eagle with wings outstretched in flight, and its front face is engraved with patriotic imagery (namely a dagger and shield with stars-and-stripes insignia) and dedicatory text. The monument in its original form was dedicated on November 11, 1943 by the local J. Howard Snyder Post No. 781, V.F.W. "in honor of the men and women of Irwin and community who served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America in all wars" but, in all likelihood, bearing in mind specifically the combatants in the then-ongoing Second World War. However, it has been expanded several times in subsequent years: newer elements of the ensemble include the bronze plaques flanking each side, as well as a semicircle of low square stones that ring the main slab on its rear side, individually representing each war fought by the U.S. military throughout its history (from the Revolution through the War on Terror and also including the Cold War) and each inscribed with a relevant quote from a famous political speech, work of literature, or combatants themselves. If you're an architecture or design buff like me, you can read more of my ramblings at <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/198134987@N03/">Western New York Architecture Deep Cuts</a>, my other account where I go deeper into the weeds about these sorts of things.

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GREENSBURG
PA
15601

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MID # 8404200192
Name GREENSBURG VLNTR FIRE DEPARTMENT MSM
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Classification Uncategorized or General Museums, , Mid-Atlantic
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LAT/LONG 40.299028, -79.543112
CODES FIPS State Code: 42
FIPS County Code: 129
US Census Tract: 804100
US Census Block: 1053