Newfield coal and coke plant

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The photograph on this page of Newfield coal and coke plant by Gordon Hatton as part of the Geograph project.

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Newfield coal and coke plant

Image: © Gordon Hatton Taken: 13 Mar 2016

Huge mountains of coal on an industrial site below Newfield. One wonders exactly what goes on here. Is it a storage facility, a coke producing plant [are there still such things?], or even a mine still producing coal? To the casual passer-by, there's no easy answer.

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Image Location

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Latitude
54.693426
Longitude
-1.683634