Coke ovens of the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company, probably in Jefferson County, Alabama.
"A fiery process is required to make the fuel to fire the blast furnaces. Here a supply of coke is pushed from one of a battery of coke ovens. After cooling, the fuel--actually coal which has been 'cooked' for several hours and separated from numerous of its by-products--will be trans...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/18416 |