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Beehive ovens owned by the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company, circa 1900.
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Huge complex of beehive ovens.

Credit: Courtesy of the Pennsylvania State Archives

To compete with the Carnegie steel empire, the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company owned and operated its own coke works, including this huge complex of beehive ovens.

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