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Article: Amaze your friends and neighbors: make your own charcoal!
- Article from:
- Countryside & Small Stock Journal
- Article date:
- May 1, 1997
- Author:
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The making of charcoal was once a major industry in the U.S. It was used to fuel the early iron smelters and in the production of wrought iron itself.
It was also used as a barter item. Blacksmiths who did not have ready access to coal of high enough quality to fuel their forges would sometimes accept charcoal from customers as payment against their blacksmithing bill, or they would purchase charcoal from local colliers.
While the primary use of charcoal today is in filtration and water purification systems, there is also a smaller market for charcoal for use in barbecue grills.
(As I understand the story, barbecue briquettes were initially ...
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