Coke ovens near Altoona, Pa. - filling with soft coal from overhead - opening and sealing doors – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Coke ovens near Altoona, Pa. - filling with soft coal from overhead - opening and sealing doors
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Coke ovens near Altoona, Pennsylvania, are the setting here, with soft coal being loaded from overhead and workers opening and sealing the oven doors. Coke was made by heating bituminous coal in closed ovens to drive off gas, and it fueled the blast furnaces that produced iron and steel. Underwood & Underwood sold views like this as stereographs, paired images meant to be seen through a stereoscope for a sense of depth. The caption details are unverified, but the scene reflects the industrial work that made the region's coal and rail economy important.
| Created / published | c1903. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | Stereo copyirghted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geog.; Industry; Ph. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 786 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-157639 |
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