Editing Herminie, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
Herminie (pronounced ''hurr-many'') is named for Herminie Berwind, whose husband, Charles Berwind, was President of the Ocean Coal Company.<ref name="oldminer">{{cite web|url=http://patheoldminer.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ocean.html |title=Ocean No. 1 Mine (Herminie Mine) |access-date=2008-06-07 |author1=Ryan P. Washlaski |author2=Peter E. Starry, Jr. |date=2008-05-14 |work=Virtual Museum of Coal Mining in Western Pennsylvania}}</ref> The first mine at Herminie, known as the "Ocean No. 1 Mine," was opened in 1893 by Berwind-White Coal Company, of which Ocean Coal Company was a subsidiary. Fifty [[Duplex (building)|double houses]] were built for miners, plus five single-family houses for managers on Church Street. By 1900, the mine employed 271 people.<ref name="oldminer"/>

Herminie was the scene of two major strikes. During the [[Westmoreland County Coal Strike of 1910–1911]], miners were evicted from company-owned houses, which were used to house strikebreakers, predominantly southern Blacks. The strike was unsuccessful from the strikers' perspective. Another strike, this in 1922, resulted in recognition of the [[United Mine Workers]] union.<ref name="oldminer"/>

Ocean No. 1 Mine closed in 1938 due to water problems, although other mines in the nearby area continued operating.<ref name="oldminer"/>

Featured in the documentary, ''Liquid Assets,'' about the lack of sewage infrastructure in the town.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Liquid Assets {{!}} Documentary Film {{!}} Public Education Initiative|url=http://liquidassets.psu.edu/index.html|access-date=2021-09-14|website=liquidassets.psu.edu}}</ref>