Coke ovens owned by the Henry Clay Frick Coke Company, Mount Pleasant, PA, circa 1890.


Image of workers and the coke ovens.
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Work in Pennsylvania's coke industry was low paying, back-breaking and dangerous. With more than 5,000 ovens and a production capacity of 8,750 tons a day, the Henry C. Frick Coke Company was the nation's leading producer of coke.