Hartley Shaft - Part of the Robena Mine, Carmichaels, PA.

The remains of the Hartley Shaft of Robena Mine are located right off the side of Ceylon Road. The groundclearing for this shaft begain around 1943 and all buildings were completed around 1948/1949. The offices and bath house were located on the left. Attached to the bath house by a shed-type roof was waiting arean and enclosed elevated walkway that led to the elevator. The two buildings to the right housed 2 MG sets (in the left side) and the other housed the switch gear for incoming AC power.

The building on the right, now.

Inside the bath house

Grafitti in the bath house

Grafitti in the bath house

Where the fan funneled air

What's left of where the elevator was

How the air rounded the bend from the fan

The Bath House

Collapsed elevator on left

Elevator remains (center), w/ the ramp leading to it on the left

A local inhabitant

Before...Elevator from above pictures standing tall and new (thanks to Lonnie Miller's Robena book for the photo)

And now.

Carmichaels & White Covered Bridge Festival

The Covered Bridge Festival, held the third week of September every year in Greene and Washington counties is one of the many great fall festivals held locally. This year, the 41st annual festival was held on September 17th and 18th. Each bridge had its own unique celebration, but at all of them you could find local artisans, arts & crafts, great homemade foods, live entertainment, demonstrations, horse-drawn wagon rides, and even a Civil War re-enactment or two.

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Carmichaels' Covered Bridge Festival

Greene Academy, Carmichaels, PA

The Carmichaels' Covered Bridge, located over Muddy Creek, is one of seven left standing in Greene County. The bridge was built in 1889 and then later restored in 1987.



Horse-drawn Wagon Rides



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White Covered Bridge Festival

Garards Fort, PA

The White Covered Bridge is also one of seven left standing in Greene County. The bridge was built arpund the early 1900s and then later restored in 2008.