Coke Ovens 2005

Coke Ovens 2005


DSCN2417 Our first break of the ride. This was early in the day but the temp was already climbing.
DSCN2418 A great group showed up. 9 bikes, 14 riders.
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DSCN2422 Bruce and Yvonne Pirtel with Alex Cunningham. This was Alex's first ride with the group but hopefully not his last.
DSCN2424 Dennis, Ron and Gary.
DSCN2426 Bizarre mushroom at the coke ovens.
DSCN2429 Same mushroom as before, different stage of development.
DSCN2430 Carson Camp, historian at the Coke Ovens Park. Carson gave us a great tour. The museum and park are operated by an all volunteer staff. We'll definately pay another visit to the park in the future.
DSCN2431 The museum is a replica of the old company store.
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DSCN2436 You can see a piece of train rail in the showcase. The devices on the rail are
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DSCN2438 The coke ovens themselves. Each oven could process 6 tons of coal but yielded only 3 tons of coke. A rail system over the ovens conveyed small coal cars. The coal car would dump its load through a portal in the top of each oven. A small wood fire would ignite the coal and then the opening would be bricked up by hand to restrict the oxygen. After 72 hours, approximately 750 gallons of water would be used to extenquish the coal which was now coke.
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DSCN2440 Carson shows us one of the ovens whose dome had not collapsed.
DSCN2443 An interior shot of the dome of the coke oven. You can see the brown glazing of the fire bricks from the intense heat.
DSCN2444 After our visit to the park we headed to the Home Plate restaurant for lunch. From the left, July and Lee Gann, Ron Johnson, Terry Elmy and Suzan Johnson.
DSCN2445 Robyn and Gary Malone, Carolyn and Dennis Lindsey. Bruce and Yvonne Pirtel.
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