Chickamauga Coal and Iron Company Coke Ovens

Chickamauga Coal and Iron Company Coke Ovens
Location GA 341, Chickamauga, Georgia
Coordinates 34°52′53″N 85°17′41″W / 34.88139°N 85.29472°W / 34.88139; -85.29472Coordinates: 34°52′53″N 85°17′41″W / 34.88139°N 85.29472°W / 34.88139; -85.29472
Area 1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built 1897
Architectural style Beehive coke ovens
NRHP reference # 09000188[1]
Added to NRHP April 9, 2009

The Chickamauga Coal and Iron Company Coke Ovens are beehive coke ovens that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]

According to their NRHP nomination, the coke ovens are

significant in the context of the mining and coke industry that occurred between 1870 and 1930 in southeast Tennessee and northwest Georgia. The region was part of the Appalachian coal field that stretched from northern Pennsylvania to central Alabama in the Cumberland Mountains region. This New South industry was initiated when the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad opened in 1854."[2]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Steven Moffson and Paul Archambault (October 31, 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Chickamauga Coal and Iron Company Coke Ovens". National Park Service. Retrieved February 3, 2017. with photos


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