Photos of Scotia PA When It Was Thriving

Scotia is a ghost town located in Patton Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania. Andrew Carnegie leased five hundred acres from Moses Thompson in the iron ore rich pine barrens in the Nittany Valley. The area had been surface-mined since the early nineteenth century for local furnaces. Carnegie sought to finance a mining operation for his mode…
Scotia is a ghost town located in Patton Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania. Andrew Carnegie leased five hundred acres from Moses Thompson in the iron ore rich pine barrens in the Nittany Valley. The area had been surface-mined since the early nineteenth century for local furnaces. Carnegie sought to finance a mining operation for his modern furnaces in Pittsburgh.
  • Country: United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: Centre
  • Township: Patton
  • Area code: 814
  • GNIS feature ID: 1204595
  • Time zone: UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))

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