The back end of Ryton car plant
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The photograph on this page of The back end of Ryton car plant by E Gammie as part of the Geograph project.
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The back end of Ryton car plant
Image: © E Gammie Taken: 29 Apr 2007
taken between the bars of the security fencing (see Image ). This end has been scrubland like this for some years. Beyond it can be seen the car parks where new models were stored before delivery, and in the distance, the chimneys of the plant itself in Image . Production of Peugeots here came to an end on 12 Dec 2006 when the last car rolled off the line and with the loss of 2,300 jobs. Talk is of a distribution centre moving here with the creation of 400 jobs, lost from elsewhere. Cars produced here over the years: Humber, Hillman, Sunbeam, Singer 1945-68; Chrysler 1968-79; Talbot 1979-86; Peugeot 1986-2006.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.361012
Longitude
-1.438417