tarboat's photos with the keyword: monckton

Charging hoppers and workers adjusting the charge and lids on top of the Monckton coke ovens. A nice selection of steel rod tools in the foreground.

Coke being pushed from an oven into the coke car at Monckton coke works at Royston. The Monckton Coke & Chemical Company was owned by Hargreaves Services plc and had been producing metallurgical coke for more than 130 years at its site near Barnsley, South Yorkshire. At the time Monckton was the only independent coke works in the UK, producing more than 200,000 tonnes per year of the highest-quality coke for markets worldwide. The works closed at the end of 2014.

Byeproducts area, pushing side and oven tops at the Monckton Cokeworks. This view was from the top of the coal bunker at the end of the ovens.

Gasholder at Monckton cokeworks with the coal stockpile in the foreground. All now gone.

Tidying up on the pushing side at Monckton coke works.

Inside the coke car at the Monckton cokeworks on the way to the quenching tower.

A memory of the Monckton cokeworks as another oven is pushed.

Gas risers on top of the coke ovens at the Monckton coke works not long before closure.

Detail of the door opening machine at the Monckton cokeworks.

Coke being pushed from an oven into the coke car at Monckton coke works at Royston. All gone now.

Working on top of the ovens at Monckton coke works.

A door scene at the now demolished Monckton coke works at Royston in Yorkshire.

Clear rules at the Monckton cokeworks.

Gas storage in the by-product plant at Monckton coke works which plant closed in December 2014 soon after this photo was taken.

A coke car filled with red hot coke is under the tower and the quenching process has just begun at the Monckton Cokeworks. This view was from the top of the main coal bunker at the end of the ovens.

The loading hoppers move into position for charging an oven at the Monckton Cokeworks.

A look along the top of the battery at Monckton coke works.

A look at some of the gas and liquid storage in the by-product plant at Monckton coke works. Sadly this plant closed in December.