Derwenthaugh Coke Worksとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Derwenthaugh Coke Works was a coking plant on the River Derwent near Swalwell. Built on the site of Crowley's Ironworks (which was at the time the largest ironworks in Europe), the coke works was opened in 1928. It took coal from Chopwell Colliery, and the coke produced was shipped from a staithe on the River Tyne. The works were owned by the Consett Iron Company. When built, the works were fitted with turbo-alternators. Surplus electricity from the coke works was sent to Chopwell Colliery's power station. Excess gas from the works was sold to the Newcastle and Gateshead Gas Company. Initially the alternators' associated boilers were fired by waste gasses from the coking process, but in 1931 the boilers were converted to fire coal because of an increase in demand for the gas from the Newcastle and Gateshead Gas Company. The works were closed in 1986 and the site is now that of Derwenthaugh Park.