Orgreave Coking Works
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Orgreave Coking Works
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 4 Mar 1989
British Steel Corporation coke works that was the site of major "battles" between pickets and police during the 1984 miners' strike. The road and works have both gone but my 1988 Landranger OS map has saved the day. Another series of pictures is definitely in the wrong place. The huge cloud of water vapour (steam is invisible) is a result of a periodic quench. Coke is produced anaerobically and is incandescent when pushed out. It must be rapidly quenched by water sprays or it will just self combust in the air. This quenching is dramatic as can be clearly seen.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.379973
Longitude
-1.367081