coal: SE Colorado,Part 2 - Coke Ovens of Cokedale, Colorado - 04/02/10 02:20 AM
SE Colorado, Part 2 - Coke Ovens of Cokedale, Colorado

 
I had never seen a coke oven before, and as we came around the bend into Cokedale on Colorado County Road 12, my first thought was of Roman ruins.
 

 

Working in the coal mines was hard work. Very hard. But some were lucky enough to work above ground.
Coke ovens were used at extremely high temperatures to turn coal into 'coke', ( a very hard form of coal with the impurities removed), which is among other things, used to make steel. Coke heats at extremely … (50 comments)