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  • Опубліковано 30 лис 2024
  • Exploring some old coke ovens
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 76

  • @smack1963
    @smack1963 Рік тому +2

    When I was a wee lad, I remember seeing coke ovens in operation. Always smoky, smelly and glowed in the evening light.

  • @ToddEWalnuts
    @ToddEWalnuts Рік тому +40

    Hey Chris. I don’t comment much if at all, but I have been watching your videos for years. Thanks for the entertainment you provide to us. Thumbs up as always.

    • @MobileInstinct2
      @MobileInstinct2  Рік тому +6

      Thabks Todd I appreciate it

    • @SILSAL67
      @SILSAL67 Рік тому +2

      Same here! Thanks, Chris!

    • @gregggoss2210
      @gregggoss2210 Рік тому +1

      Hey Chris, I wanted to give you an update on the NIKE base in Swedesboro N.J. The property was sold and the base is going to be torn down and some garbage is going to be built on the property. Thanks for doing that video as it looks like I will never get to visit the place now.

    • @quennieflorita666
      @quennieflorita666 Рік тому +1

      Here also hehe

  • @vickisawyer7405
    @vickisawyer7405 Рік тому +3

    Those trees are the most fascinating part of this video. Thank you!!🌲

  • @secret50s
    @secret50s Рік тому +5

    I swear Chris you are one of the OGs of adventure content. Always on some epic journey, I don't know how you keep finding these locations, it's almost like they are drawn to you, lol.

  • @davidhess6899
    @davidhess6899 Рік тому +3

    I worked at the coke ovens of Bethlehem md. 50 yrs ago

  • @mindy2347
    @mindy2347 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for showing this, so cool!

  • @elizabethrowe7262
    @elizabethrowe7262 Рік тому +9

    It's interesting to see trees growing that way. Thanks Chris for sharing!

  • @johnnyimgrund8034
    @johnnyimgrund8034 Рік тому +1

    Chris thanks for your adventurous soul. My grandaddy Jake worked the mines produced the coal. Just for a short time. Wasn't his thing. And my granny caught his eye. Rugged life

  • @raymondvincent833
    @raymondvincent833 Рік тому +1

    Great video thanks again keep them coming

  • @rikspector
    @rikspector Рік тому +1

    Chris,
    Thank you so much.
    Lots of history lost to time.
    Cheers,
    Rik Spector

  • @sandysue202
    @sandysue202 Рік тому +2

    Those old coke ovens are something! It would be so cool to be able to go back in time and watch them in action.

    • @MobileInstinct2
      @MobileInstinct2  Рік тому +1

      I'm sure it was quite an operation with all 80 to 90 of them

    • @sandysue202
      @sandysue202 Рік тому +1

      And the heat would have been stifling!!

  • @myeramimclerie7869
    @myeramimclerie7869 Рік тому +4

    My father's best buddy still has an old coal oven and a pile of coke in the cellar. I think they stopped delivering coal and coke in the early nineties here. If he wants to heat his house, he just throws in a couple pieces of coal and one piece of coke (roughly the size of a bigger household soap bar). If he throws in more than one the iron oven door will start glowing white from the heat. 😅

  • @terencehopes7477
    @terencehopes7477 Рік тому +1

    I live in the UK, I find your channel Fascinating. a big thanks

  • @halfcrazyoldchristianredne895
    @halfcrazyoldchristianredne895 Рік тому +1

    Excellent show! Very intriguing!! Thanks so much.

  • @Liz-cmc313
    @Liz-cmc313 Рік тому +1

    Mother nature always finds a way. Thanks Chris.

  • @valariebedard2164
    @valariebedard2164 Рік тому +5

    Very interesting find Chris! It amazing what you learn every day! 😮 thanks!

  • @Carolbearce
    @Carolbearce Рік тому +1

    Very cool to see. Thank you!

  • @TammyMullins-jv8wm
    @TammyMullins-jv8wm Рік тому

    Thanks for sharing 😊love watching your videos

  • @leonacardenas5552
    @leonacardenas5552 Рік тому +1

    You always come up with the best stories. Never heard of Coke Evans, and had no idea come from coal. But be optimistic if you planted something in your yard has a 5050 chance of surviving! 😂😂 great video always enjoy your videos. Safe travels.❣️🙏👣🙌

  • @scottrider641
    @scottrider641 Рік тому +11

    Fascinating. I wonder who owns those furnaces now? Thanks for bringing this story to us.
    Safe travels, Chris

    • @stiver__29
      @stiver__29 Рік тому +1

      They are on city water shed property

    • @scottrider641
      @scottrider641 Рік тому +1

      @@stiver__29 Thanks for the info

  • @monsterglo
    @monsterglo Рік тому +3

    Nature shows us who is really in power, great video brought back memories of me growing up in Pennsylvania, my Granny and Grandpop had a coal stove in their kitchen, they lived in the country and the closest neighbor was Glenn White .

  • @Modeltnick
    @Modeltnick Рік тому +1

    Very interesting! My dad worked for Koppers Coke when I was a kid and we actually heated the house with coke. It burned hotter than coal and you had to use less of it to prevent damage to your furnace. Customers had to be warned about warping the grates from the excess heat.

  • @jamesholt7612
    @jamesholt7612 Рік тому +3

    Awesome editing as well as the video and the history Chris.

  • @maryjames7193
    @maryjames7193 Рік тому +1

    That was very interesting. I had never heard of that before. You are always teaching us new things about history. Thank you.

  • @stepps511
    @stepps511 Рік тому +1

    Thanks, Chris! I never cease to be intrigued by your finds, and the sharing of them!

  • @ismewhat1234
    @ismewhat1234 Рік тому +1

    Cool stuff thanks for sharing 🤙

  • @karenlynn6860
    @karenlynn6860 Рік тому +1

    Thank you once again. That was so interesting.

  • @janwarriner6554
    @janwarriner6554 Рік тому +5

    I had no idea what coke was or how it was made. A great informative video. This was fascinating. I really enjoy your channel no matter where you take us!

  • @chrisblack8390
    @chrisblack8390 Рік тому +1

    Ovens an trees were excellent! Looked like little hobbit houses. Thanks that was great.

  • @sallykohorst8803
    @sallykohorst8803 Рік тому +2

    Very interesting relics like those stoves thanks for your hard work.

  • @mkervelegan
    @mkervelegan Рік тому +1

    With true journalistic expertise Chris shows us a Pennsylvania we never knew existed, though I spent the first 25 years of life there. Recondite and a veritable savant! Currently I live within a few miles of Indiana's largest coke oven in East Chicago, that supplies the 5 massive steel mills of the region. Blasting massive clouds of soot skyward...

  • @joemccann4373
    @joemccann4373 Рік тому +1

    another great video, keep up the good work

  • @trishagail353
    @trishagail353 Рік тому +1

    Great find, Chris!!! I seriously had my eyes peeled watching for any creepy crawly critters to pop out, lol.

  • @theone2be33
    @theone2be33 Рік тому +3

    And is used to make steel because it burns hotter

  • @RoyJenkins777
    @RoyJenkins777 Рік тому

    Good stuff brother. God Bless

  • @jontooke846
    @jontooke846 Рік тому

    That was so neat thank you

  • @JedCurrie
    @JedCurrie Рік тому

    Good video thanks.

  • @ElementofKindness
    @ElementofKindness Рік тому

    Very close to my stomping grounds Chris.

  • @downtowndork
    @downtowndork Рік тому

    You are so close to where I am! Philipsburg, PA

  • @stiver__29
    @stiver__29 Рік тому

    I wrote a book about Glen White it's for sale in the Horseshoe Curve gift shop

  • @mothman4676
    @mothman4676 Рік тому +1

    Leetonia Ohio has coke oven ruins, a couple miles from my home

  • @arthurharms5502
    @arthurharms5502 Рік тому +1

    How did they ship so much coal and coke from a somewhat rural area?

  • @showaltermicro
    @showaltermicro Рік тому +1

    Coal was used to make coke until they found out wood turned to coke was the same.

  • @vodnikdubs1724
    @vodnikdubs1724 Рік тому

    Would love to see a video on the horseshoe too!

  • @corvidflight19
    @corvidflight19 Рік тому

    Looks like they could make a lot of pizza there!

  • @johnbray3143
    @johnbray3143 Рік тому

    I suggest you add the site name to the episode title

  • @noeraldinkabam
    @noeraldinkabam Рік тому

    Glassified if that’s the word.
    This is old industry left behind. It’s totally different today.

  • @Fcreceptor
    @Fcreceptor Рік тому

    Word has it the first Domino’s pizza was cooked in there!

  • @jandraelune1
    @jandraelune1 Рік тому

    The trees are looking like the trees in the Cambodia ruins.

  • @NaomisAdventures
    @NaomisAdventures Рік тому +1

    Have you been to the beehive coke ovens in Ohio. They are pretty cool

  • @Buttermilkjug
    @Buttermilkjug Рік тому +1

    Cool~ :D

  • @Thecorgially
    @Thecorgially Рік тому

    Nature takes over when humans leave.

  • @nikkigardiner9426
    @nikkigardiner9426 Рік тому

    Thank you, Chris!❤

  • @taslimchoudhary1253
    @taslimchoudhary1253 Рік тому

    Nice Video
    🌵🍂🇮🇳🌵🍂

  • @tonypike5785
    @tonypike5785 Рік тому

    Wow thats cool but use to be very hot….lol thanks Chris
    Yes that would be a neat place to camp out.

  • @JohnShinn1960
    @JohnShinn1960 Рік тому

    🤠👍

  • @derekandjo75
    @derekandjo75 Рік тому

    GOOD❤

  • @-FALKOR
    @-FALKOR Рік тому +1

    🇺🇸🇺🇦❤🤍💙💛‌‬‌‬‍

  • @lynyrdprice
    @lynyrdprice Рік тому

    I've never heard of this. cool info in this vid bro.

  • @ossoduro7794
    @ossoduro7794 Рік тому +1

    Altoona piano and I'll Altoona fish, but don't let it smell of the latter more than you wish.

  • @vibingwithvinyl
    @vibingwithvinyl Рік тому

    Uploaded 7 seconds ago. I'm pretty early.

  • @juliebraden6911
    @juliebraden6911 Рік тому

    One of these days you're gonna find a body while you're out making videos. Then you'll be forced to do a video about yourself doing a video.

  • @patnaty
    @patnaty Рік тому

    Love this channel