Browns Island

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Browns Island was formerly the site of a coke plant. It closed in the 1980s.

In 1888, it was the site of a coal barge collision.
query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9906E5D...

www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/671
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browns_Island_(West_Virginia)
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Coordinates:   40°25'21"N   80°36'35"W

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  • The coke plant's destuction was featured on an episode of the Discovery Channel's show "The Detonators". God bless.
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