There are two banks that are covered in partially buried coke oven brick and stone. Today Youghiogheny Coke Works is basically an archaeological site. If that's true then there were only 75 at Youghiogheny and that fits in with its small acreage. According to the book "Old And New Westmoreland" (1918), Larimer is said to have had had 300 ovens by 1886. Larimer and Youghiogheny had a combined total of 375 ovens.
They had an annual capacity of 100,000 gross tons of coke and contained only 18 acres of land. Just that alone makes these ovens very relevant because other than the Larimer Coke Works this was the only coke plant started exclusively as a Carnegie interest. The Youghiogheny Coke Works were constructed in 1891 by Carnegie Brothers and Co. Most of the information I have been able to locate is just a casual mention of it in old mining and engineering journals. This is a pretty obscure plant and not a lot of information is available. The Youghiogheny Coke Works was something I stumbled across while looking for information on something else.
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