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Rowlands Gill, coke oven site

Victoria Coking Plant, Whinfield Works, Rowlands Gill. Plaque commemorating the last beehive coke ovens to operate in Great Britain, operated from 1860-1958. The works had 192 ovens in 1958 with a capacity of 95,000 tons of coal. Beamish Museum photograph.

Date:

c.1960?

Period:

1951 - 1975

Place:

Rowlands Gill

Item Type:

photograph

Artist:

unknown

Reference:

DR03932

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