These coke ovens were some of the last beehive ovens built in America. They were constructed in 1952. They operated until 1972, when the Pennsylvania D.E.P. closed down most of the beehive coke works in the state at Lucerne Mines, Shoaf, and Calumet. Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, HAER Reproduction number HAER PA,32-LUCE.V,1-A-3
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