Monkton Coke Works was a

coking plant A coking factory or a coking plant is where coke and manufactured gas are synthesized from coal using a dry distillation process. The volatile components of the pyrolyzed coal, released by heating to a temperature of between 900°C and 1,400&nb ...

near

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History

The works were constructed in 1936, as the government's response to the

Jarrow Hunger March Jarrow ( or ) is a town in South Tyneside in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. Historically in County Durham, it is on the south bank of the River Tyne, about from the east coast. The 2011 census area classed Hebburn and the Boldons as pa ...

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.

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- Monkton coke works slideshow.
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- Monkton coke works compilation
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- Monkton coke works Buildings and structures in the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside Demolished buildings and structures in Tyne and Wear Buildings and structures demolished in 1992