Arizona’s And Washington’s Baffling Beehive-Shaped Coke Ovens

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com -  Along the prominent Gila River at Butte, Arizona, lies Cochran Ghost Town, and there are five very well-preserved beehive-shaped ovens standing in a row.

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The structures are referred to as the Coke Ovens. These baffling structures stand 32 feet tall and 72 feet around, made of granite blocks held in place without mortar. Today, all that remains in the ghost town of Cochran are the coke ovens across the river. Coke ovens are now fenced off.

Many people associate them with Cochran and call them the coke ovens, but they were there before Cochran was built.

However, it’s unclear who built them, when, and for what reason, and there are other mysterious beehive structures throughout the United States.

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