Parks · North East England
Derwenthaugh Coke Works
Derwenthaugh Coke Works in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Derwenthaugh Coke Works is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Derwenthaugh Coke Works was a coking plant on the River Derwent near Swalwell in Gateshead. The works were built in 1928 on the site of the Crowley's Iron Works, which had at one time been the largest iron works in Europe. The coke works was closed and demolished in the late 1980s, and replaced by Derwenthaugh Park.
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Background
History
In the 18th and 19th centuries, the site near Swalwell and Winlaton Mill had been that of Crowley's Ironworks, which for a time was the largest ironworks in Europe. The coke works opened on the site in 1928. They were owned and operated by the Consett Iron Company.
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- Coordinates
- 54.9477, -1.7017
- Address
- Tyne and Wear, England, UK
Sources
- wikidata: Q5263359 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Derwenthaugh Coke Works (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Derwenthaugh Coke Works?
- Derwenthaugh Coke Works is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.9477°, -1.7017°.