The Prairie State Incubator Works, once located in Homer City, PA was the largest incubator works in the world. The incubators, designed by James Nix, were regarded as the finest egg incubators on the market. The plant was located along what is now the Hoodlebug Trail at the site of the former FMC Plant. An interpretive display about the Prairie State Incubator Works can be viewed along the Hoodlebug Trail. The company located in Homer City in 1887 and continued operations until 1925. Incubators made here were shipped world-wide. The photo shows the interior of the well-lighted plant which featured many modern conveniences of its day including a fire supression system in an all concrete building. Two earlier incubator factories in Homer City, located near the present site of Floodway Park, were destroyed by fire.
This early 20th century photo shows a farm house, barn and other buildings that once existed at Blue Spruce Park. All of the buildings are gone today but the foundation of the barn can still be located. The area today, along the Getty Run Trail, is entirely wooded.
