Orgreave Coking Works
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Orgreave Coking Works
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 4 Mar 1989
The battery. These are the ovens in which coal is anaerobically baked to produce coke. The major byproduct is town's gas with entrained tar etc. The pipe exiting stage right at high level is probably one of the gas mains.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.379973
Longitude
-1.367081