Added: Jul 19, 2008
From: theqman1956
Duration: 3:36
Also Check Out www.stuffthatsgone.com The last of the special taper cut bricks, firebricks and stone facings have been transported from their Coke Oven storage areas, and carefully palleted and transported to Dunbar PA to begin the tedious job of reconstructing a authentic beehive coke oven in the park. According to the HC Frick coke company official engineering and installation drawings the budgeted labor cost to build one oven of over 5000 bricks and stone is a whopping $20 at the turn of the century! We need your volunteer help! visit www.dunbarhistoricalsociety.com for details
Channel: Travel
Tags: and beehive coal coke county dunbar fayette heritage mining oven pa pennsylvania railroad
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theqman1956 Says:
Sep 12, 2008 - Thanks Janet--we hope to get going with the start of the construction later this year. My facination got me involved. This is the little town that could! Stay tuned!
JanetLMancini Says:
Sep 12, 2008 - This is a facinating video on the rebuilding of the Dunbar Coke Oven. I've done alot of study on the Coke Ovens and find this very interesting.