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Chickamauga Coal and Iron Company Coke Ovens

Coordinates: 34°52′53″N 85°17′41″W / 34.88139°N 85.29472°W / 34.88139; -85.29472
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Chickamauga Coal and Iron Company Coke Ovens
Chickamauga Coal and Iron Company Coke Ovens is located in Georgia
Chickamauga Coal and Iron Company Coke Ovens
Chickamauga Coal and Iron Company Coke Ovens is located in the United States
Chickamauga Coal and Iron Company Coke Ovens
LocationGA 341, Chickamauga, Georgia
Coordinates34°52′53″N 85°17′41″W / 34.88139°N 85.29472°W / 34.88139; -85.29472
Area1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built1897
Architectural styleBeehive coke ovens
NRHP reference No.09000188[1]
Added to NRHPApril 9, 2009

The Chickamauga Coal and Iron Company Coke Ovens are beehive coke ovens that were 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

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  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