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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 1570 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Coke ovens at Consett Iron Company's Fell Works, Fishburn and Murton

Covering Dates: c.1948

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Catalogue Description

Records given:

5 January 2007 Acc: 3324(D)

Catalogue Contents

Ref: D/X 1570/1

An Installation of W - D Becher Coke Ovens and By-Products Recovery Plant at the Fell Works of the Consett Iron Company Limited, Consett, Co. Durham , n.d. Includes: black and white photographs, plan of the works and diagrams of the ovens The new coke oven plant which was installed by The Woodall-Duckham Vertical Retort and Oven Construction Company (1920) Ltd., began work in 1948
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/X 1570/2

The Fishburn Carbonisation Plant by Woodall-Duckham Construction Company Ltd., n.d. [post 1947] Includes: diagrams of the ovens, plans of the works and black and white and colour photographs
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/X 1570/3

The Fishburn Carbonisation Plant: The National Coal Board, Durham Division, n.d. [post 1947] Includes: plans of the ovens, cross-section and black and white photographs
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/X 1570/4

The Murton Coking Plant National Coal Board Durham Division , reprinted from Coke and Gas with additional illustrations and a description of the oven heating system, n.d. [ post 1947] Includes: diagrams of the ovens, plans of the works and black and white and colour photographs
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/X 1570/5

The Murton Coking Plant: The National Coal Board, Durham Division, n.d. [post 1947] Includes: plan of the works and black and white photographs
(1 booklet, printed)



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