Cwm Coke Works,Beddau,South Wales 2013.
This abandoned Coke works is located near Beddau in the Rhonda Valley,South Wales.
Originally a coal mine with two shafts called Mildred and Margaret between 1914 up to 1948,when the NCB (National Coal Board) was formed.Between 1952 and 1960,there was a huge cash injection which saw the developement of the Coke workings.
By the turn of the 1970`s,the Coke plant employed some 1580 workers alone,and was producing 515,000 tonnes of Coke per year ...
It did this up to 1986 when the Works was bought by CPL Industries,who ceased the coal mining part of the site on 28th November 1986.At this time,a brochure stated that there was potentially 9 million tonnes of coal reserves still underground.
Coke production continued up to 2002,when a decision was made to stop production due lack of re investment for new technologies.
I found it particularly sad to see former workers names etched on a staff room wall ... all hard working men whose lives centered round this works ... it must have devastated the locale when this site closed.
Read MoreOriginally a coal mine with two shafts called Mildred and Margaret between 1914 up to 1948,when the NCB (National Coal Board) was formed.Between 1952 and 1960,there was a huge cash injection which saw the developement of the Coke workings.
By the turn of the 1970`s,the Coke plant employed some 1580 workers alone,and was producing 515,000 tonnes of Coke per year ...
It did this up to 1986 when the Works was bought by CPL Industries,who ceased the coal mining part of the site on 28th November 1986.At this time,a brochure stated that there was potentially 9 million tonnes of coal reserves still underground.
Coke production continued up to 2002,when a decision was made to stop production due lack of re investment for new technologies.
I found it particularly sad to see former workers names etched on a staff room wall ... all hard working men whose lives centered round this works ... it must have devastated the locale when this site closed.