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A black and white photo of a train on a track, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train on a track, West Virginia. Farm Sec...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coal feeders on tip of coke ovens, Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation, Detroit, Mich.

Coal feeders on tip of coke ovens, Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes S...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Michigan, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

House in near-deserted town of Tyler, Pennsylvania, showing abandoned coke ovens in background

House in near-deserted town of Tyler, Pennsylvania, showing abandoned ...

Public domain photograph of Pennsylvania in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tower Hill No. 2 Mine, Approximately 0.47 mile Southwest of intersection of Stone Church Road & Township Route 561, Hibbs, Fayette County, PA

Tower Hill No. 2 Mine, Approximately 0.47 mile Southwest of intersecti...

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Tower Hill No. 2 Mine, Approximately 0.47 mile Southwest of intersection of Stone Church Road & Township Route 561, Hibbs, Fayette County, PA

Tower Hill No. 2 Mine, Approximately 0.47 mile Southwest of intersecti...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a train coming down the tracks, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train coming down the tracks, West Virgin...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Homes of men who work on coke ovens, Longacre, West Virginia

Homes of men who work on coke ovens, Longacre, West Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Old abandoned coke ovens with mine tipple in background, Maitland, West Virginia

Old abandoned coke ovens with mine tipple in background, Maitland, Wes...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a person holding an umbrella, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a person holding an umbrella, West Virginia...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Negative has a hole punch made by FSA st... More

Lombard Coke Ovens, Stone Foundation, Missouri River near Toston Dam Reservoir, Toston, Broadwater County, MT

Lombard Coke Ovens, Stone Foundation, Missouri River near Toston Dam R...

Survey number: HAER MT-54-C Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction

Lombard Coke Ovens, North Bank of Missouri River near Toston Dam Reservoir, Toston, Broadwater County, MT

Lombard Coke Ovens, North Bank of Missouri River near Toston Dam Reser...

Significance: the site represents a specific stage of technology development in the coking coal industry. The relationship of the structures and features at the site reflect the technology and methods used at a... More

Elkins Coal & Coke Company, Richard Ovens, Deckers Creek, State Route 7-92, Dellslow, Monongalia County, WV

Elkins Coal & Coke Company, Richard Ovens, Deckers Creek, State Route ...

Significance: After the Civil War, the expansion of the iron and steel industry led to increased demand for metallurgical coke, the principal fuel for blast furnaces. These beehive ovens are typical of the ear... More

Old abandoned coke ovens. Maitland, West Virginia

Old abandoned coke ovens. Maitland, West Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Elkins Coal & Coke Company, Bretz Ovens, Bretz, Preston County, WV

Elkins Coal & Coke Company, Bretz Ovens, Bretz, Preston County, WV

Significance: The site at Bretz is a fine example of a turn of the century coke processing facility. When these photos were taken, it was in danger of being shut down as a pollutant. Unprocessed Field note ma... More

Elkins Coal & Coke Company, Bretz Ovens, Bretz, Preston County, WV

Elkins Coal & Coke Company, Bretz Ovens, Bretz, Preston County, WV

Significance: The site at Bretz is a fine example of a turn of the century coke processing facility. When these photos were taken, it was in danger of being shut down as a pollutant. Unprocessed Field note ma... More

Coke ovens near Altoona, Pennsylvania - filling with soft coal from overhead - opening and sealing doors

Coke ovens near Altoona, Pennsylvania - filling with soft coal from ov...

Stereo copyirghted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geog.; Industry; Ph.

A black and white photo of a train on a track, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train on a track, West Virginia. Farm Sec...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ruins of old coke ovens and narrow gauge railroad near Meredith, Colorado

Ruins of old coke ovens and narrow gauge railroad near Meredith, Color...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation. Detroit, Michigan. Coke being pushed out of coke ovens into specially constructed freight cars

Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation. Detroit, Michigan...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Tower Hill No. 2 Mine, Approximately 0.47 mile Southwest of intersection of Stone Church Road & Township Route 561, Hibbs, Fayette County, PA

Tower Hill No. 2 Mine, Approximately 0.47 mile Southwest of intersecti...

Picryl description: Public domain image of historical building ruins, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shoaf Mine & Coke Works, East side of Shoaf, off Township Route 472, Shoaf, Fayette County, PA

Shoaf Mine & Coke Works, East side of Shoaf, off Township Route 472, S...

See also HAER PA-283 for additional documentation. Includes drawings (sheets 5 & 6) & written data (pages 172 through 180). Significance: The Shoaf coke works is the most intact beehive-oven coke plant in Fayet... More

Coke ovens. Westmoreland County, Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania

Coke ovens. Westmoreland County, Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania

Public domain image of an arch structure, bridge, historic place ruins, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Coke ovens and burning slag heaps make heavy impenetrable smoke over whole town, day and night. Longacre, West Virginia

Coke ovens and burning slag heaps make heavy impenetrable smoke over w...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a train on a track, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train on a track, West Virginia. Farm Sec...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, industrial facility, mining industry, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Remnants of coke ovens at Nuttallburg, a ghost town that was once one of about 50 places that sprang up in the deep West Virginia forests along the New River in the late 1800s in response to America's voracious demand for coal in the heart of the growing nation's industrial revolution

Remnants of coke ovens at Nuttallburg, a ghost town that was once one ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded by England-born entrepreneur John Nuttall, the town became the focus of national attention in the 1920s when, in an effort kno... More

Lombard Coke Ovens, North Bank of Missouri River near Toston Dam Reservoir, Toston, Broadwater County, MT

Lombard Coke Ovens, North Bank of Missouri River near Toston Dam Reser...

Significance: the site represents a specific stage of technology development in the coking coal industry. The relationship of the structures and features at the site reflect the technology and methods used at a... More

Tower Hill No. 2 Mine, Approximately 0.47 mile Southwest of intersection of Stone Church Road & Township Route 561, Hibbs, Fayette County, PA

Tower Hill No. 2 Mine, Approximately 0.47 mile Southwest of intersecti...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Connellsville Coal & Coke Region, Connellsville, Fayette County, PA

Connellsville Coal & Coke Region, Connellsville, Fayette County, PA

See also HAER PA-259 for related documentation. Includes photographs & written data. Significance: Considered among the world's richest mineral deposits, the Pittsburgh seam of coal underlying portions of Fayet... More

Shoaf Mine & Coke Works, East side of Shoaf, off Township Route 472, Shoaf, Fayette County, PA

Shoaf Mine & Coke Works, East side of Shoaf, off Township Route 472, S...

See also HAER PA-283 for additional documentation. Includes drawings (sheets 5 & 6) & written data (pages 172 through 180). Significance: The Shoaf coke works is the most intact beehive-oven coke plant in Fayet... More

Coke ovens in operation. Roane Iron Co.

Coke ovens in operation. Roane Iron Co.

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Photo by J.E. Thompson.

A train traveling down train tracks next to a hillside, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A train traveling down train tracks next to a hillside, West Virginia....

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a train yard, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train yard, West Virginia. Farm Security ...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Negative has a hole punch made by FSA st... More

Burning coke ovens, Smithers, West Virginia

Burning coke ovens, Smithers, West Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain image of railway tracks, train station, railroad building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tower Hill No. 2 Mine, Approximately 0.47 mile Southwest of intersection of Stone Church Road & Township Route 561, Hibbs, Fayette County, PA

Tower Hill No. 2 Mine, Approximately 0.47 mile Southwest of intersecti...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Griffin No. 1 Coke Works, Along Cats Run, Southeast of Masontown Bourough (Nicholson Township), Masontown, Fayette County, PA

Griffin No. 1 Coke Works, Along Cats Run, Southeast of Masontown Bouro...

Significance: During peak production, Griffin No. 1 Coke Works operated one battery of double-block rectangular coke ovens. Sections of these ovens remain and are considered some of the best preserved rectangu... More

Connellsville Coal & Coke Region, Connellsville, Fayette County, PA

Connellsville Coal & Coke Region, Connellsville, Fayette County, PA

See also HAER PA-259 for related documentation. Includes photographs & written data. Significance: Considered among the world's richest mineral deposits, the Pittsburgh seam of coal underlying portions of Fayet... More

Coke ovens and burning slag heaps make heavy impenetrable smoke over whole town, day and night. Longacre, West Virginia

Coke ovens and burning slag heaps make heavy impenetrable smoke over w...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a dirt road, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a dirt road, West Virginia. Farm Security A...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a coal mine, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a coal mine, West Virginia. Farm Security A...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Coke ovens and burning slag heaps make heavy impenetrable smoke over whole town, day and night. Longacre, West Virginia

Coke ovens and burning slag heaps make heavy impenetrable smoke over w...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a train on the tracks, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train on the tracks, West Virginia. Farm ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, industrial facility, mining industry, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a train yard, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train yard, West Virginia. Farm Security ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railway tracks, train station, railroad building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a train on the tracks, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train on the tracks, West Virginia. Farm ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

[Penna. Pittsburg - Coke ovens: "coke ovens & their smoke consumers, on Monongahela River"]

[Penna. Pittsburg - Coke ovens: "coke ovens & their smoke consumers, o...

H66552 U.S. Copyright Office. Stereo by Keystone. Copyrighted Oct. 13, 1905. Card number: 6519. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Pratt Coal & Coke Company, Pratt Mines, Coke Ovens & Railroad, Bounded by First Street, Avenue G, Third Place, Birmingham Southern Railroad, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Pratt Coal & Coke Company, Pratt Mines, Coke Ovens & Railroad, Bounded...

Significance: The Pratt coke ovens, the largest, early concentration of coke ovens in the District, played an historically significant part in creating the pig iron boom that made the Birmingham District one of... More

Elkins Coal & Coke Company, Bretz Ovens, Bretz, Preston County, WV

Elkins Coal & Coke Company, Bretz Ovens, Bretz, Preston County, WV

Significance: The site at Bretz is a fine example of a turn of the century coke processing facility. When these photos were taken, it was in danger of being shut down as a pollutant. Unprocessed Field note ma... More

Elkins Coal & Coke Company, Bretz Ovens, Bretz, Preston County, WV

Elkins Coal & Coke Company, Bretz Ovens, Bretz, Preston County, WV

Significance: The site at Bretz is a fine example of a turn of the century coke processing facility. When these photos were taken, it was in danger of being shut down as a pollutant. Unprocessed Field note ma... More

Shoaf Mine & Coke Works, East side of Shoaf, off Township Route 472, Shoaf, Fayette County, PA

Shoaf Mine & Coke Works, East side of Shoaf, off Township Route 472, S...

See also HAER PA-283 for additional documentation. Includes drawings (sheets 5 & 6) & written data (pages 172 through 180). Significance: The Shoaf coke works is the most intact beehive-oven coke plant in Fayet... More

Coke ovens. Ovens lined up against hill

Coke ovens. Ovens lined up against hill

Public domain image of an arch structure, bridge, historic place ruins, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a group of people standing in front of a building, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a group of people standing in front of a bu...

Additional information on caption card: See 30276-M3, 30274-M4. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division;... More

A black and white photo of a man standing on a porch, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a man standing on a porch, West Virginia. F...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a train yard, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train yard, West Virginia. Farm Security ...

Public domain photograph of train car, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Elkins Coal & Coke Company, Richard Ovens, Deckers Creek, State Route 7-92, Dellslow, Monongalia County, WV

Elkins Coal & Coke Company, Richard Ovens, Deckers Creek, State Route ...

Significance: After the Civil War, the expansion of the iron and steel industry led to increased demand for metallurgical coke, the principal fuel for blast furnaces. These beehive ovens are typical of the ear... More

Old abandoned coke ovens. Maitland, West Virginia

Old abandoned coke ovens. Maitland, West Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Connellsville Coal & Coke Region, Connellsville, Fayette County, PA

Connellsville Coal & Coke Region, Connellsville, Fayette County, PA

See also HAER PA-259 for related documentation. Includes photographs & written data. Significance: Considered among the world's richest mineral deposits, the Pittsburgh seam of coal underlying portions of Fayet... More

Connellsville Coal & Coke Region, Connellsville, Fayette County, PA

Connellsville Coal & Coke Region, Connellsville, Fayette County, PA

See also HAER PA-259 for related documentation. Includes photographs & written data. Significance: Considered among the world's richest mineral deposits, the Pittsburgh seam of coal underlying portions of Fayet... More

Elkins Coal & Coke Company, Bretz Ovens, Bretz, Preston County, WV

Elkins Coal & Coke Company, Bretz Ovens, Bretz, Preston County, WV

Significance: The site at Bretz is a fine example of a turn of the century coke processing facility. When these photos were taken, it was in danger of being shut down as a pollutant. Unprocessed Field note ma... More

Billy Gould Coal Mine, Confluence of Cahaba River & Buck Creek, Helena, Shelby County, AL

Billy Gould Coal Mine, Confluence of Cahaba River & Buck Creek, Helena...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coke ovens and burning slag heaps make heavy impenetrable smoke over whole town, day and night. Longacre, West Virginia

Coke ovens and burning slag heaps make heavy impenetrable smoke over w...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, industrial facility, mining industry, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a train yard, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train yard, West Virginia. Farm Security ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Coke ovens make heavy impenetrable smoke over whole town. Workers' homes in background. Longacre, West Virginia

Coke ovens make heavy impenetrable smoke over whole town. Workers' hom...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, industrial facility, mining industry, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Looking upon coke ovens. The steam indicates that coke is being wetted

Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Looking upon coke ovens. The ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, industrial facility, mining industry, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lombard Coke Ovens, North Bank of Missouri River near Toston Dam Reservoir, Toston, Broadwater County, MT

Lombard Coke Ovens, North Bank of Missouri River near Toston Dam Reser...

Significance: the site represents a specific stage of technology development in the coking coal industry. The relationship of the structures and features at the site reflect the technology and methods used at a... More

Tower Hill No. 2 Mine, Approximately 0.47 mile Southwest of intersection of Stone Church Road & Township Route 561, Hibbs, Fayette County, PA

Tower Hill No. 2 Mine, Approximately 0.47 mile Southwest of intersecti...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a chamber, cell, interior, underground vault architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tower Hill No. 2 Mine, Approximately 0.47 mile Southwest of intersection of Stone Church Road & Township Route 561, Hibbs, Fayette County, PA

Tower Hill No. 2 Mine, Approximately 0.47 mile Southwest of intersecti...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railway tracks, train station, railroad building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Griffin No. 1 Coke Works, Along Cats Run, Southeast of Masontown Bourough (Nicholson Township), Masontown, Fayette County, PA

Griffin No. 1 Coke Works, Along Cats Run, Southeast of Masontown Bouro...

Significance: During peak production, Griffin No. 1 Coke Works operated one battery of double-block rectangular coke ovens. Sections of these ovens remain and are considered some of the best preserved rectangu... More

Elkins Coal & Coke Company, Richard Ovens, Deckers Creek, State Route 7-92, Dellslow, Monongalia County, WV

Elkins Coal & Coke Company, Richard Ovens, Deckers Creek, State Route ...

Significance: After the Civil War, the expansion of the iron and steel industry led to increased demand for metallurgical coke, the principal fuel for blast furnaces. These beehive ovens are typical of the ear... More

Lucernemines Coke Works, Coke Ovens, 0.5 mile East of Lucerne, adjacent, Lucerne Mines, Indiana County, PA

Lucernemines Coke Works, Coke Ovens, 0.5 mile East of Lucerne, adjacen...

Significance: The Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company ovens at Lucerne is the most intact coke-processing complex of the historic Indiana County coal industry. Survey number: HAER PA-264-A Building/structure ... More

Connellsville Coal & Coke Region, Connellsville, Fayette County, PA

Connellsville Coal & Coke Region, Connellsville, Fayette County, PA

See also HAER PA-259 for related documentation. Includes photographs & written data. Significance: Considered among the world's richest mineral deposits, the Pittsburgh seam of coal underlying portions of Fayet... More

Elkins Coal & Coke Company, Bretz Ovens, Bretz, Preston County, WV

Elkins Coal & Coke Company, Bretz Ovens, Bretz, Preston County, WV

Significance: The site at Bretz is a fine example of a turn of the century coke processing facility. When these photos were taken, it was in danger of being shut down as a pollutant. Unprocessed Field note ma... More

Coke Oven, State Route 56 Vicinity, Old Irontown, Iron County, UT

Coke Oven, State Route 56 Vicinity, Old Irontown, Iron County, UT

Significance: Typical coke oven, remains of the "Iron Mission" to Southern Utah in the 1850's and 60's. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-6 Survey number: HABS UT-59 Building/stru... More

Shoaf Mine & Coke Works, East side of Shoaf, off Township Route 472, Shoaf, Fayette County, PA

Shoaf Mine & Coke Works, East side of Shoaf, off Township Route 472, S...

See also HAER PA-283 for additional documentation. Includes drawings (sheets 5 & 6) & written data (pages 172 through 180). Significance: The Shoaf coke works is the most intact beehive-oven coke plant in Fayet... More

Ruins of old coke ovens and narrow gauge railroad near Meredith, Colorado

Ruins of old coke ovens and narrow gauge railroad near Meredith, Color...

Public domain photograph of mountain view, valley, mountain range, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tower Hill No. 2 Mine, Approximately 0.47 mile Southwest of intersection of Stone Church Road & Township Route 561, Hibbs, Fayette County, PA

Tower Hill No. 2 Mine, Approximately 0.47 mile Southwest of intersecti...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tower Hill No. 2 Mine, Approximately 0.47 mile Southwest of intersection of Stone Church Road & Township Route 561, Hibbs, Fayette County, PA

Tower Hill No. 2 Mine, Approximately 0.47 mile Southwest of intersecti...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Griffin No. 1 Coke Works, Along Cats Run, Southeast of Masontown Bourough (Nicholson Township), Masontown, Fayette County, PA

Griffin No. 1 Coke Works, Along Cats Run, Southeast of Masontown Bouro...

Significance: During peak production, Griffin No. 1 Coke Works operated one battery of double-block rectangular coke ovens. Sections of these ovens remain and are considered some of the best preserved rectangu... More

Griffin No. 1 Coke Works, Along Cats Run, Southeast of Masontown Bourough (Nicholson Township), Masontown, Fayette County, PA

Griffin No. 1 Coke Works, Along Cats Run, Southeast of Masontown Bouro...

Significance: During peak production, Griffin No. 1 Coke Works operated one battery of double-block rectangular coke ovens. Sections of these ovens remain and are considered some of the best preserved rectangu... More

Coke Oven, State Route 56 Vicinity, Old Irontown, Iron County, UT

Coke Oven, State Route 56 Vicinity, Old Irontown, Iron County, UT

Significance: Typical coke oven, remains of the "Iron Mission" to Southern Utah in the 1850's and 60's. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-6 Survey number: HABS UT-59 Building/stru... More

Billy Gould Coal Mine, Confluence of Cahaba River & Buck Creek, Helena, Shelby County, AL

Billy Gould Coal Mine, Confluence of Cahaba River & Buck Creek, Helena...

Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Billy Gould Coal Mine, Confluence of Cahaba River & Buck Creek, Helena, Shelby County, AL

Billy Gould Coal Mine, Confluence of Cahaba River & Buck Creek, Helena...

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Old abandoned coke ovens. Maitland, West Virginia

Old abandoned coke ovens. Maitland, West Virginia

Public domain image of an arch structure, bridge, historic place ruins, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a train on a track, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train on a track, West Virginia. Farm Sec...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Brookside Coal Mine, Beehive Coke Ovens, Mount Olive Road, North of Five Mile Creek Bridge, Brookside, Jefferson County, AL

Brookside Coal Mine, Beehive Coke Ovens, Mount Olive Road, North of Fi...

Survey number: HAER AL-17-A Public domain photograph of a tunnel, arch structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lombard Coke Ovens, North Bank of Missouri River near Toston Dam Reservoir, Toston, Broadwater County, MT

Lombard Coke Ovens, North Bank of Missouri River near Toston Dam Reser...

Significance: the site represents a specific stage of technology development in the coking coal industry. The relationship of the structures and features at the site reflect the technology and methods used at a... More

Lombard Coke Ovens, North Bank of Missouri River near Toston Dam Reservoir, Toston, Broadwater County, MT

Lombard Coke Ovens, North Bank of Missouri River near Toston Dam Reser...

Significance: the site represents a specific stage of technology development in the coking coal industry. The relationship of the structures and features at the site reflect the technology and methods used at a... More

Tower Hill No. 2 Mine, Approximately 0.47 mile Southwest of intersection of Stone Church Road & Township Route 561, Hibbs, Fayette County, PA

Tower Hill No. 2 Mine, Approximately 0.47 mile Southwest of intersecti...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tower Hill No. 2 Mine, Approximately 0.47 mile Southwest of intersection of Stone Church Road & Township Route 561, Hibbs, Fayette County, PA

Tower Hill No. 2 Mine, Approximately 0.47 mile Southwest of intersecti...

Public domain image of an arch structure, bridge, historic place ruins, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Tower Hill No. 2 Mine, Approximately 0.47 mile Southwest of intersection of Stone Church Road & Township Route 561, Hibbs, Fayette County, PA

Tower Hill No. 2 Mine, Approximately 0.47 mile Southwest of intersecti...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Elkins Coal & Coke Company, Richard Ovens, Deckers Creek, State Route 7-92, Dellslow, Monongalia County, WV

Elkins Coal & Coke Company, Richard Ovens, Deckers Creek, State Route ...

Significance: After the Civil War, the expansion of the iron and steel industry led to increased demand for metallurgical coke, the principal fuel for blast furnaces. These beehive ovens are typical of the ear... More

Pratt Coal & Coke Company, Pratt Mines, Coke Ovens & Railroad, Bounded by First Street, Avenue G, Third Place, Birmingham Southern Railroad, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Pratt Coal & Coke Company, Pratt Mines, Coke Ovens & Railroad, Bounded...

Significance: The Pratt coke ovens, the largest, early concentration of coke ovens in the District, played an historically significant part in creating the pig iron boom that made the Birmingham District one of... More

Lucernemines Coke Works, Coke Ovens, 0.5 mile East of Lucerne, adjacent, Lucerne Mines, Indiana County, PA

Lucernemines Coke Works, Coke Ovens, 0.5 mile East of Lucerne, adjacen...

Significance: The Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company ovens at Lucerne is the most intact coke-processing complex of the historic Indiana County coal industry. Survey number: HAER PA-264-A Building/structure ... More

Lombard Coke Ovens, Tipple, Missouri River near Toston Dam Reservoir, Toston, Broadwater County, MT

Lombard Coke Ovens, Tipple, Missouri River near Toston Dam Reservoir, ...

Survey number: HAER MT-54-A Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1916

Elkins Coal & Coke Company, Bretz Ovens, Bretz, Preston County, WV

Elkins Coal & Coke Company, Bretz Ovens, Bretz, Preston County, WV

Significance: The site at Bretz is a fine example of a turn of the century coke processing facility. When these photos were taken, it was in danger of being shut down as a pollutant. Unprocessed Field note ma... More

Elkins Coal & Coke Company, Bretz Ovens, Bretz, Preston County, WV

Elkins Coal & Coke Company, Bretz Ovens, Bretz, Preston County, WV

Significance: The site at Bretz is a fine example of a turn of the century coke processing facility. When these photos were taken, it was in danger of being shut down as a pollutant. Unprocessed Field note ma... More

Elkins Coal & Coke Company, Bretz Ovens, Bretz, Preston County, WV

Elkins Coal & Coke Company, Bretz Ovens, Bretz, Preston County, WV

Significance: The site at Bretz is a fine example of a turn of the century coke processing facility. When these photos were taken, it was in danger of being shut down as a pollutant. Unprocessed Field note ma... More

Shoaf Mine & Coke Works, East side of Shoaf, off Township Route 472, Shoaf, Fayette County, PA

Shoaf Mine & Coke Works, East side of Shoaf, off Township Route 472, S...

See also HAER PA-283 for additional documentation. Includes drawings (sheets 5 & 6) & written data (pages 172 through 180). Significance: The Shoaf coke works is the most intact beehive-oven coke plant in Fayet... More

A black and white photo of a train on a track, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train on a track, West Virginia. Farm Sec...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railway tracks, train station, railroad building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a train in the fog, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train in the fog, West Virginia. Farm Sec...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a person holding an umbrella, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a person holding an umbrella, West Virginia...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tyler, Pennsylvania, a near-deserted coal town, with abandoned coke ovens in background

Tyler, Pennsylvania, a near-deserted coal town, with abandoned coke ov...

Public domain photograph of Pennsylvania in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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