Lone Rock Coke Ovens 2E 61
N 35° 15.519 W 085° 43.522
16S E 615948 N 3902471
The Marker is located on Hwy 41 in Tracy City.
Waymark Code: WM26JA
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 09/12/2007
Views: 59
Lone Rock Coke Ovens
The Tennessee Coal and Iron Company in 1883 built 120 coke ovens 6 miles east to help supply its growing iron works. The company contracted with the state and convicts worked the ovens until 1896. On August 13, 1892, Tracy City miners, who opposed the use of convict labor, burned the stockade and put the convicts on a train and send them back to Nashville as had been done in Anderson County, Tennessee in 1891.
Marker Name: Lone Rock Coke Ovens
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Park
Marker Number: 2E 61
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Tennessee Historical Commission
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