Coke Ovens of Alabama

Through a grant from Cawaco RC&D Council and Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Industrial Archeologist Dr Jack Bergstresser Jr., Francesca Gross and Lacey Genard published a Guide to the Coke Ovens of Jefferson County.  The book is in 2 forms - pocket guide and full book version. Both are available through Cawaco RC&D Council.  The council is asking for a $10 donation for either book to support further local historic research projects. Please contact Patti Pennington at Cawaco to order your book. www.cawaco.org

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Physiographic Map of Alabama

About the Project, Acknowledgments

Map of coal mines, coke ovens and mining towns

What Remains of Our Labor

Coke: Part of the Magic

The Earliest Coke Making

The Burden of Proof

Making Coke

The First Beehives

Warrior Field: Center of Coke Making

Rise and Fall of the Beehive Oven

Coke and Coke Ovens in the Five Mile Creek Watershed

Forty Five Miles of Five Mile Creek

The Coal Miners of Five Mile Creek

Convict Leasing

Free Miners

Skilled European Miners

Coal Mining Communities

Brookside     Lewisburg     Coalburg       Alden

Existing Ironworks Parks in Central Alabama

Future Ironworks Parks

Other Coke Oven Sites

Glossary

Selected Sources