Emmet Queen (b.1854)
Emmet Queen, of Pittsburgh; President of the Great Lakes Coal Company etc.
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He was born in Queenstown, Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania, which was developed by and named for his father. In 1877, he and two of his brothers (Daniel and Evan) co-founded Queen Brothers that drilled for and then mined and sold gas and oil. They became very successful and co-founded the Great Lakes Coal Company and the Western Allegheny Railroad Company. Emmet was president of both companies.
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Contributed by Mark Meredith on 02/08/2020 and last updated on 02/08/2020.