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Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Mill and Coke Ovens

1912/1920

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Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Mill and Coke Ovens
  • Title
  • Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Mill and Coke Ovens
  • Identifier
  • MSP33.B008.F01.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP33.B008.F01.I01
  • Description
  • A Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation mill with coke ovens in the foreground. Coke ovens evolved from these beehive ovens to coke oven batteries, where 50 or more individual ovens were placed side by side. Each oven was heated to a temperature of over 2000 degrees Fahrenheit. When the coal is baked inside the ovens, moisture and volatile chemicals are driven off, leaving a porous material that was almost pure carbon.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation.
    Steel industry and trade.
    Coke industry and trade.
  • Source
  • Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Collection Photographs, 1864-1953, MSP 33, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Photographs
  • Rights Information
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