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"Fire the Pit" Charcoal making in Pennsylvania Part 4 of 4

Making charcoal in Pennsylvania. Charcoal was the fuel in many iron furnaces until the conversion to coal. By Van Wagner 2008.  
 
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lifeseeker51 (1 week ago) Show Hide
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Thanks. I always wondered how it was done. Making charcoal. The process for making charcoal for briquets must be similar. Good vid.
IAMZONIAN (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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Very interesting. Thank you...
raiun42 (3 months ago) Show Hide
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Well Done. Great Job!.
The Family of a little girl I was in scool with in Texas in the 40s were colliers. I think they were out of work and moved thru our town looking for something.
I remember her trying to explain to us about the blue smoke and tending the fires.
All that stuff along with Blacksmithing and small farming was fading away.
Thanks for keeping it alive.
albgk (5 months ago) Show Hide
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great videos
KarenKaminsky (5 months ago) Show Hide
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Extremely informative. As an educator myself, I commend you sir.
sarniajeff (6 months ago) Show Hide
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Thanx so much for your efforts.
We recently returned from Haiti and they still use charcol as a fuel source for much of their cooking. It was during this mission trip that the lack of knowing how/where charcol came from came about. Your efforts have greatly helped in understanding the process of charcol making. It's amazing that a process and need that has been replaced here in North America, is still very much alive in countries that are much less fortunate regarding what we take for granted.
davidsgoatroper (6 months ago) Show Hide
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thank you great job
proteinman81 (7 months ago) Show Hide
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Thanks alot for that awesome video, really enjoyed it and great music too! This generation doesn't know who good we have it, men back then worked very hard!
sav20000 (8 months ago) Show Hide
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very relaxing to watch thx for the info
golddetective (8 months ago) Show Hide
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Excellent work. You should market it for educational purposes College and High school educational format.

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