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Browns Island (West Virginia)

Browns Island (West Virginia)

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Browns Island is an island on the Ohio River within the corporate boundaries of Weirton in Hancock County, West Virginia. Browns Island was the site of a coke plant, which was in operation until 1982. The island's landscape is industrial with a small wooded portion at the southern tip.[1] Griffen Island lies on the Ohio to its southwest.

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Browns Island is known to be the site of an ancient Indian burial ground.

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    Hay, Jerry M. (2008). Ohio River Guidebook. Inland Waterways Books. p. 16. ISBN 9781605852171. Retrieved 22 November 2013.

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