The Redstone Coke Ovens
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The Redstone Coke Ovens were built in 1899 by Colorado Fuel and Iron to burn impurities out of coal from Colorado’s Coal Basin. This created something called “coking coal,” which could be used in steel mills to create steel, much of which was used for building railroads.
Upon the completion of the original construction, 249 ovens were heated to a sweltering 2,400 degrees Fahrenheit. This became the largest coking operation in the state of Colorado, with the company involved said to account for 10% of the workers in the Centennial State during the turn of the century – about 15,000 people in 1902. The scale of coke production at this plant was huge, producing around 6 million tons of coke annually during peak performance.











