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At oven level. A narrow canal separates the banks.

Leetonia Beehive Coke Ovens

Rows of 19th-century brick ovens used to process coal into coke form the center of a wooded park.

The Troy Gasholder Building.

Troy Gasholder Building

This relic of 19th-century infrastructure is one of the few remaining coal gas storage tanks in the U.S.

Coal depot in the Kemerovo Oblast.

Why 3 Cities in Siberia Are Covered in Black Snow

The toxic flurries are a product of Russia's coal pits.

Jonathan Carey February 19, 2019

The two well-preserved ovens virtually intact.

Bishop Auckland, England

Inkerman Beehive Coke Ovens

Rare remnants of the brick-domed ovens birthed in the Durham coalfield during the Industrial Revolution.

The <em>Sabino</em> on the Mystic River at Mystic Seaport, Connecticut.

This 110-Year-Old Steamboat Is a Floating History Lesson

"Sabino" is the oldest wooden, coal-burning steamboat that still operates in the United States.

Maria Gallucci November 2, 2018

A cemetery surrounded by a coal mine in West Virginia.

The Mountaintop Cemeteries Surrounded by Coal Mines

Hard to access and hemmed in by explosive activity, these graveyards are stuck in limbo.

Jessica Leigh Hester October 30, 2018

Police raid treehouses at the Hambach Forest campsite.

After Five Years of Living in Trees, a Protest Community Is Being Evicted

They've been trying to stop coal mining in Germany's Hambach Forest.

Cara Giaimo September 21, 2018

The Zesco Cooling Tower.

Zesco Cooling Tower

The abandoned tower is the last remnant of Lusaka's first major power plant.

Boilo

Christmas in Northeast Pennsylvania calls for “the Champagne of the Coal Region.”

Bevin Boys Memorial.

Burton-on-Trent, England

Bevin Boys Memorial

A long-overdue monument to the forgotten British men drafted into the coal mines during World War II.

The ruins of Wehrum.

Vintondale, Pennsylvania

Wehrum

The ruined remains of a coal mining ghost town are hidden within the woods.

The last coal-burning steam engine.

Trinidad, Colorado

Steam Engine 638

This small piece of railroad history sits behind the parking lot of a chain grocery store.

Mineshaft entrance.

The Devil's Blast

The hellish conditions of this abandoned mine that snakes beneath the Pacific Ocean gave it its diabolic name.

The basement jail cell, with its rare yellow bricks.

Frostburg, Maryland

The Jail in the Gunter Hotel

The antique hotel still has a jail in the basement, though the cockfighting ring is long gone.

Duckmanton, England

Walking Together

A poignant memorial to the 106 coal miners killed in three major accidents in Derbyshire.

McConnelsville, Ohio

Big Muskie Bucket

All that remains of a gigantic earth-moving machine.

Stable block

Wentworth, England

Wentworth Woodhouse

The UK's largest private house was the subject of a long-lasting political dispute.

One of the many floors of spinning machines

Lonaconing, Maryland

Klotz Throwing Company

A remarkable time capsule of American manufacturing deep in Maryland coal country.