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ORG106-Orgreave Coking Plant-Top Rail Line to End Rail Wagon Tippler-Coal Blending House and No.7 Battery Behind-30-09-1990-A
An image of the British Steel Corporation, Chemicals Division, Coke Ovens and By-Products Works, at Orgreave, on 30/09/1990, just three weeks after closure of the works, and track-lifting has begun in earnest.
The image portrays the tracks which formerly provided access to and from the top end of the works, or the Handsworth end of the works, down to the bottom end of the works, or the Treeton end of the works. The tracks which have just descended, in a curving loop, from the former Great Central Railway, at Orgreaves Colliery Junction, have just passed over the top railway weigh bridge.
The set of three, branching into four tracks on the left-hand-side of the photograph, and disappearing behind the row of vertical, cylindrical storage tanks formerly serviced the side-wagon tippler, and the coke screens. The set of two tracks, branching into three tracks on the right-hand-side of the photograph and running in front of the row of vertical, cylindrical storage tanks formerly serviced the end-wagon tippler and the two through running roads.
To the left-hand-side of the photograph and in the distance, can be seen No.7 coke oven battery chimney, and No.7 coke oven battery quenching tower in front of the chimney.
The large structure visible and rising beyond the row of vertical, cylindrical storage tanks is one of the coal blending units.
Just visible on the extreme right-hand-side of the photograph, can be seen part of the gas scrubbing unit, whereby the raw coke oven gas, produced as a by-product of the coke manufacturing process, was firstly ‘washed’, prior to further processing.
COPYRIGHT RETAINED; N. JORDAN - I would ask that you please note that the copyright of this image is fully retained by N. Jordan. Should you wish to either copy this image, for anything other than for private research purposes, or you wish to reproduce and publish this image elsewhere, then I would be obliged, if you would be good enough to seek and secure my express written agreement beforehand.
ORG106-Orgreave Coking Plant-Top Rail Line to End Rail Wagon Tippler-Coal Blending House and No.7 Battery Behind-30-09-1990-A
An image of the British Steel Corporation, Chemicals Division, Coke Ovens and By-Products Works, at Orgreave, on 30/09/1990, just three weeks after closure of the works, and track-lifting has begun in earnest.
The image portrays the tracks which formerly provided access to and from the top end of the works, or the Handsworth end of the works, down to the bottom end of the works, or the Treeton end of the works. The tracks which have just descended, in a curving loop, from the former Great Central Railway, at Orgreaves Colliery Junction, have just passed over the top railway weigh bridge.
The set of three, branching into four tracks on the left-hand-side of the photograph, and disappearing behind the row of vertical, cylindrical storage tanks formerly serviced the side-wagon tippler, and the coke screens. The set of two tracks, branching into three tracks on the right-hand-side of the photograph and running in front of the row of vertical, cylindrical storage tanks formerly serviced the end-wagon tippler and the two through running roads.
To the left-hand-side of the photograph and in the distance, can be seen No.7 coke oven battery chimney, and No.7 coke oven battery quenching tower in front of the chimney.
The large structure visible and rising beyond the row of vertical, cylindrical storage tanks is one of the coal blending units.
Just visible on the extreme right-hand-side of the photograph, can be seen part of the gas scrubbing unit, whereby the raw coke oven gas, produced as a by-product of the coke manufacturing process, was firstly ‘washed’, prior to further processing.
COPYRIGHT RETAINED; N. JORDAN - I would ask that you please note that the copyright of this image is fully retained by N. Jordan. Should you wish to either copy this image, for anything other than for private research purposes, or you wish to reproduce and publish this image elsewhere, then I would be obliged, if you would be good enough to seek and secure my express written agreement beforehand.