I've seen this place many times and really wanted a look and and so glad i eventually got to see it first hand and just loved every minute i was here. So much to see and just couldn't get enough of it. At first all was good, climbed a few bits and then i noticed the secca and dogs so had to keep a low profile, I carried on for a while and then i somehow trod or kicked something and made a bit of noise to say the least, that got the dogs barking. Sat it out for a while and left, only to find the my entry point was sealed, So had to deal with the anti climb paint and the razor wire. A few minutes later and all was good, bumped into secca on way back to car, had a quick chat and off i went. He turned out to be a nice bloke.
history
This was originally a coal mine with two shafts called Mildred and Margaret between 1914 up to 1948,when the NCB (National Coal Board) was formed.Between 1952 and 1960,there was a huge cash injection which saw the developement of the Coke workings. By the turn of the 1970`s, the Coke plant employed some 1580 workers alone and was producing 515,000 tonnes of Coke per year. It did this up to 1986 when the Works was bought by CPL Industries,who ceased the coal mining part of the site on 28th November 1986. At this time, a brochure stated that there was potentially 9 million tonnes of coal reserves still underground. Coke production continued up to 2002, when a decision was made to stop production due lack of re investment for new technologies.
on with the photos
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Thanks for looking
history
This was originally a coal mine with two shafts called Mildred and Margaret between 1914 up to 1948,when the NCB (National Coal Board) was formed.Between 1952 and 1960,there was a huge cash injection which saw the developement of the Coke workings. By the turn of the 1970`s, the Coke plant employed some 1580 workers alone and was producing 515,000 tonnes of Coke per year. It did this up to 1986 when the Works was bought by CPL Industries,who ceased the coal mining part of the site on 28th November 1986. At this time, a brochure stated that there was potentially 9 million tonnes of coal reserves still underground. Coke production continued up to 2002, when a decision was made to stop production due lack of re investment for new technologies.
on with the photos
https://flic.kr/p/TuZ19Ehttps://flic.kr/p/SsnPx1https://flic.kr/p/TuYSQGhttps://flic.kr/p/Sv3PwZhttps://flic.kr/p/TxqMvDhttps://flic.kr/p/TFgC47https://flic.kr/p/Ssnvw1https://flic.kr/p/TFguhLhttps://flic.kr/p/TJUaRphttps://flic.kr/p/SsniR7https://flic.kr/p/TJU74zhttps://flic.kr/p/TuYpyNhttps://flic.kr/p/Ssnaqjhttps://flic.kr/p/TxqhCDhttps://flic.kr/p/Sv3jqchttps://flic.kr/p/TuYcJ5https://flic.kr/p/Sv3fGRhttps://flic.kr/p/Sv3ef2https://flic.kr/p/Sv3bMrhttps://flic.kr/p/TxpY6thttps://flic.kr/p/T9SBa3https://flic.kr/p/SsmQDGhttps://flic.kr/p/SsmNcChttps://flic.kr/p/SsmKBhhttps://flic.kr/p/SsmFMUThanks for looking
