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Elkins Coal & Coke Company, Powerhouse, .8 mile West of County Route 7/29, Bretz, Preston County, WV
Location.8 mile West of County Route 7/29,
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER WV-7-B
Building/structure dates:
1906 initial construction
National Register Number: 83003249
Significance: The Powerhouse is part of the Elkins Coal & Coke Company mine complex. The Elkins Coal & Coke Company mine complex consists of 140 beehive coke ovens that were the nation's last known operating beehive coke ovens. Significant to the industrial history of the United States, the Elkins Coal & Coke Company produced coke necessary for the production of iron and steel.
Subjects
Powerhouses
Related Names
Cooke, Kevin R., Photographer
Owen, Christopher B., Historian
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
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