Leetonia, Ohio
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Leetonia is a village in Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,833 at the 2020 census.
Main Street, looking west
Cherry Valley Coke Ovens
Cherry Valley Coke Ovens
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The Cherry Valley Coke Ovens consisted of 200 coke ovens built by the Leetonia Iron and Coal Company around 1866, near Leetonia, Ohio, United States. The function of the "beehive" coke ovens was to pu
Leetonia, Ohio
…New York. Lee was one of the founders of the Leetonia Iron and Coal Company which was laid out in the village in 1866-1867. Cherry Valley Coke Ovens Cherry Valley Coke Ovens Leetonia is home to one of the few remaining Beehive oven sites in America. In the early 1860s, Irish businessman William Lee discovered rich deposits…
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