Orgreave Coke works, exhauster house
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Orgreave Coke works, exhauster house
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 4 Mar 1989
Steam turbine driven exhausters hard at it sucking gas off the battery. Our guide told us these were Richardson Westgarth sets built in 1918, making them very venerable turbo-exhausters. This bit of the site was a little grubby - note the puddles.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.379973
Longitude
-1.367081