The Pullman State Historic Site

ACME Steel / Interlake Chicago Coke Plant, Training Slides Part 3

chp-cp-00039.jpg Sleeve from a larry car lowered over a coke oven charge port. Expand | Postcard! Rights & Reproduction |	chp-cp-00040.jpg Larry car ready to move out on the battery to charge a coke oven with coal. Expand | Postcard! Rights & Reproduction |
chp-cp-00043.jpg Lidmen standing near one of the ACME Steel larry cars after having removed the three charge port lids. Expand | Postcard! Rights & Reproduction |	chp-cp-00059.jpg Lidmen checking a coke oven charge port for carbon deposits. Expand | Postcard! Rights & Reproduction |
chp-cp-00060.jpg On the pusher side of the coke oven, the pusherman has opened the chuck, or leveler, door in preparation for leveling the coal inside. Expand | Postcard! Rights & Reproduction |	chp-cp-00061.jpg The larry car, visible topside, has charged the oven and the leveler bar is now evening out the coal load in the oven. Expand | Postcard! Rights & Reproduction |
chp-cp-00062.jpg Larry car operator. Expand | Postcard! Rights & Reproduction |	chp-cp-00066.jpg After the larry car has charged the oven, the lidmen sweep all coal residue into the open charging holes before replacing the covers and luting (sealing) them. Expand | Postcard! Rights & Reproduction |

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• Southeast Chicago Historical Society
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