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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: October 18, 2021
Caption: Charcoal Collier
Additional Description: Colliers transformed the chopped wood into charcoal to fuel the furnace. They built and tended multiple hearths slowly burning wood to turn it into charcoal. The coaling process took approximately twelve days of burning and four days of cooling. Woodcut by Constantine Kermes.Close-up of image on marker.
Submitted: October 22, 2021, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p617380
File Size: 1.285 Megabytes

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