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Monkton Coke Works

Coordinates: 54°57′25″N 1°30′40″W / 54.957057°N 1.511200°W / 54.957057; -1.511200
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Monkton Coke Works
Monkton Coke Works in 1989
LocationTyne and Wear, England, UK
Coordinates54°57′25″N 1°30′40″W / 54.957057°N 1.511200°W / 54.957057; -1.511200
OS grid referenceNZ314626
Monkton Coke Works is located in Tyne and Wear
Monkton Coke Works
Location in Tyne and Wear

Monkton Coke Works was a coking plant near Hebburn, Tyne and Wear, England.

History

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The works were constructed in 1936, as the government's response to the Jarrow Hunger March in 1932.[1] 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.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Le-Las, Wendy. "Slaying the Dragon: The Demise of Monkton Cokeworks" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
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