Catherine,

Contact Lynne Hastings at Colonial Williamsburg.  CW uses coal in the
grates at the Governor's Palace, Raleigh Tavern, and Peyton Randolph
House, and I am sure she can tell you how CW handles this question.

Martha Katz-Hyman

On Jan 17, 2008 2:23 PM, Catherine Dean <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>
> Does anyone know where to get fake coal?  I have a coal scuttle that I'd
> *love* to fill up, but don't have any idea where even to start on something
> like this!
>
> Thanks,
> Catherine Dean
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> Catherine E. Dean
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