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Coke ovens at Fernie, BC

The town of Fernie with two rows of coke ovens and railway tracks in front, mountains in the background.

Photographer: J. F. Spalding
Fernie Museum, FMP.00408

The date of the image is unknown.

By 1904, the Crow’s Nest Pass Coal Company operated 1,188 coke ovens in the region. In the ovens, coal was heated resulting in an almost pure carbon used in smelting.