26 Wednesday Jan 2022
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The coke ovens at Sunnyside were built in 1902 to process coke (a by-product of coal). During 1912 alone, these ovens produced 347,356 tons of coke and by 1919 this was the largest operation of its kind in the United States with 819 ovens.
08 Saturday Oct 2016
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historic, Kilns, Ovens, Provo, Springville, utah, utah county
Above North Springville and South Provo are several locations with mines, white tailings and ovens. I was always told as a kid that they were lime kilns and lime mine tailings but recent research indicates that is not accurate. I have this post about the some of the ovens.
