This is the Old Saint Nicholas coal breaker, between Shenandoah and Mahanoy City. Compare it to Windstorm's wonderful cover art for Book One of my novel (look to your right). Here's another shot of Old Saint Nick:
The Saint Nick was built in the 1930s by the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company as a regional breaker, to process coal from a number of mines in the area. It's long-since out of operation, and may disappear before too much more time passes. So, you may be looking at a bit of history here.
The Russians were only one of the numerous eastern European nationalities to immigrate to the Pennsylvania anthracite fields. They've left their imprint in the form of beautiful Russian Orthodox churches, such as the Church of the Ascension in Frackville:
The old coal towns were famous for having a taproom on every corner that wasn't occupied by a church. Here's a typical street scene from Frackville:
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