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Monkton Coke Works
Monkton Coke Works in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Monkton 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
Monkton Coke Works was a coking plant near Hebburn, Tyne and Wear, England.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The works were constructed in 1936, as the government's response to the Jarrow Hunger March in 1932. The plant closed in 1990 and was demolished in 1992. In September 2022, a book called CLEAN AIR was released on Amazon, detailing the campaign for clean air that the community living next to Monkton Coke Works led.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.9571, -1.5112
- Address
- Tyne and Wear, England, UK
- Established
- 1936
Sources
- wikidata: Q6901004 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Monkton Coke Works (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Monkton Coke Works?
- Monkton Coke Works is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.9571°, -1.5112°.
- When was Monkton Coke Works built?
- Monkton Coke Works dates to 1936.