20210904 – Leetonia-Cherry Valley Beehive Coke Ovens

Date: 09/04/2021 – Distance: 1.3 mi – Elapsed Time: 0.75 hr – Ascent: 79 ft – Descent: 52 ft – Difficulty: Easy

Leetonia Coke Ovens in Leetonia, Ohio, also called Cherry Valley Coke Ovens after the name of the last iron company that owned it, is a historical preserve that showcases one of the largest collections of coke ovens around. What’s a coke oven? It is a brick oven which was used to burn coal into a more purer form of carbon called coke. Coke was then used in large iron furnaces to turn iron ore into iron. They didn’t actually burn the coal but would light it then completely close up the oven and let it smolder for days depending on the amount of coal loaded in. There are 200 ovens on this site.

Waypoints:

• Parking (bikepath) – N40.88338° W80.75422°
• Parking (ovens) – N40.88540° W80.75619°

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