Coal Miner's Monument/Robena Mine Explosion - Greene County PA - Disaster Memorials on Waymarking.com

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On December 6, 1962, 460 Feet Directly Beneath This Site, 37 Miners Lost Their Lives In The U.S. Steel Robena Mine's Frosty Run Explosion. One Of The Worst Mine Disasters In Green County History.
Miner's Monument ~~ serving as a memorial to miners who died in a mine explosion directly beneath the monument. The memorial features a likeness of famous mine labor leader John L. Lewis; on the reverse side, is a roll of Greene County Miners.

President of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) from 1920 until 1960 and founding president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), John Llewellyn Lewis was the dominant voice shaping the labor movement in the 1930s.

The CIO owed its existence in large measure to Lewis, who was a tireless and effective advocate of industrial unionism and of government assistance in organizing basic industry

Disaster Date: 12/06/1962 Date of dedication: 05/26/1995 Memorial Sponsors: Greene County Pennsylvania Parking Coordinates: N 37° 47.849 W 080° 04.577 Disaster Type: Technological Relevant Website: Not listed

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