tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048678732955919447.post5556318545467957911..comments2024-03-18T13:45:32.457-04:00Comments on Old Industry of Southwestern Pennsylvania : Brinkerton, PA Hester Coke Works/Brinkerton Coke WorksCoke Oven Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00793208285590253080noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048678732955919447.post-49090592158952869492018-06-12T11:07:37.763-04:002018-06-12T11:07:37.763-04:00There's still a ways to go before it's rea...There's still a ways to go before it's ready for prime time. The brush was the biggest obstacle. I don't think using any sort of herbicide that close to the creek is a good idea. Typically if somebody is going on a hike in the woods they're prepared to encounter poison ivy. Coke Oven Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00793208285590253080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048678732955919447.post-60046763702202803752018-06-11T08:22:52.599-04:002018-06-11T08:22:52.599-04:00My son and I just visited Hester Coke Works, on 6/...My son and I just visited Hester Coke Works, on 6/10/2018 with hopes of getting some up close photos of these. To our disappointment, we found large quantities of poison ivy growing all over the ground in front of the ovens. I'm sensitive to this and didn't want my son getting it on him so we just took a few photos and walked back up the trail. I wish, at a minimum someone could spray this area with Crossbow to kill the broad leaf poison ivy. I don't see a point in preserving dangerous weeks like this.<br /><br />Anyway, it was nice to see this large of an area of ovens. I was never on this part of the old railroad grade. Hopefully extending the trail back to Youngwood is still a possibility. I heard that Wilkinson was the major holdout for that trail, but maybe it was just the bridgework needed to carry the trail across the water in Armbrust.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416305279903597391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048678732955919447.post-36494599449774027092014-12-16T22:07:39.621-05:002014-12-16T22:07:39.621-05:00awesome! I live around that area... those ovens ar...awesome! I live around that area... those ovens are everywhere !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com