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Will County's Historic
Landmarks
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Historic Landmark Registry
- Koppers
Coke Oven Plant |
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Heinrich
Koppers invented his first Cross Regenerative Coke Oven in Germany in
1902. United States Steel brought Koppers to the United States in order to
improve the efficiency of their operations in the face of newly developed
competition. The Joliet Steel Works was chosen in 1908 as the first plant
in the nation to use this new oven. The Koppers technology subsequently
became one of the leading technologies for by-product production in the
United States. It is because of the link to this nationally recognized
innovation in the chemical and steel industries that the Koppers Coke Oven
Plant Site of Joliet Steel Works was designated a Will County Historic
Landmark on September 21, 1995.
Side Note:
Joliet Steel Works was the largest employer in Will County from the 1870s
through the 1920s.
Historic
Name: Koppers Coke Oven Plant
Common Name:
Koppers Coke Oven Plant
Location:
Joliet, IL
(This
landmark is located on private property and permission must be granted by
the property owner to view the landmark in its entirety.)
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