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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 1247 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Coke works at Monkton, Jarrow; Ushaw Moor and Crook

Covering Dates: 1935-1981

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  • Miscellaneous documents
    • Coke oven plans (Ref: D/X 1247/1-2)
    • Monkton Coke Works, Jarrow, formerly the coal and by-product plant of John Bowes and Partners Limited (Ref: D/X 1247/3-25)
    • Photographs (Ref: D/X 1247/3-15)
    • Plans (Ref: D/X 1247/16-25)

Catalogue Description

Records deposited on long-term loan

15 July 1999 Acc: 2613(D)
13 October 1999 Acc: 2629(D)

Catalogue Contents

Coke oven plans (Ref: D/X 1247/1-2)

First Deposit

Ref: D/X 1247/1

Plan showing sections and elevations of bee hive ovens at Ushaw Moor, 6 April 1966 Scale: 3/4 inch to 1 foot [1:16]
(1 plan, 99 cm. x 71 cm., waxed paper)

Ref: D/X 1247/2

Plan showing the arrangement and details of five French ovens reserved as an ancient monument at Bankfoot, Crook Scale: 3/8 inch to 1 foot [1:32] (1 plan, 99 cm. x 71 cm. , waxed paper)

Monkton Coke Works, Jarrow, formerly the coal and by-product plant of John Bowes and Partners Limited (Ref: D/X 1247/3-25)

Second Deposit

(Acc:2629(D))

Photographs (Ref: D/X 1247/3-15)Ref: D/X 1247/3/1-66

Photographs of the construction of extensions to Monkton Coke Works (1563/Monkton : II) dated and captioned, by James Riddell, photographer, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, nos. 2-17, 14 January 1954 - 14 March 1957
(66 photographs, 25cm. x 19.5cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1247/4/1-78

Photographs of the construction of the battery area at the Monkton Coke Works extension for the National Coal Board, showing the new battery of 33 ovens, blending bunkers, ovens service bunker, coal crusher house, boiler plant, coke stoking conveyor, shops and stores, biological filter, coal handling plant, extension of coke car track, workmen's ablution and locker room, primary screening station and exhauster house extension, all dated and captioned; and photographs of the sites for the battery extension and boiler extension; n.d. [1954], and 28 June 1954 - 2 November 1956
(2 photographs, 16cm. x 12.5cm., and 116 photographs, 20cm. x 15cm., black and white, card mounted)

Ref: D/X 1247/4/79

Photograph of the foundations for the new blending bunkers at Monkton Coke Works extension, detached from the series of photographs, D/X 1247/4/1-78, n.d. [1954]
(1 photograph, 15cm. x 20cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1247/5/1-65

Photographs of the construction of the by-products area at the Monkton Coke Works extension, showing the final gas cooling system, gas purification plant, boiler plant, benzole recovery plant, gas dilution plant, primary cooler water tower, sulphate of ammonia plant, mixed gas fan house, coke handling plant, pipe trenches, shops and stores, and tar and liquor storage, all dated and captioned, 29 August 1954 - 1 November 1955
(108 photographs, 20cm. x 15cm., black and white, card mounted)

Ref: D/X 1247/6/1-75

Photographs of the construction of the by-products area at the Monkton Coke Works extension, as D/X 1247/5/1-65, and showing the gas dilution plant, electro-detarrers, gas testing station, compressor house, pump house, decantation system, exhauster house, liquor flushing tank, cooling water treatment tank, new ovens battery, primary gas coolers, reversing machine room, and secondary screening station, all dated and captioned, 31 March 1955 - 2 November 1956
(106 photographs, 20cm. x 15cm., black and white, card mounted)

Ref: D/X 1247/6/76-78

Photographs of the final gas cooling system, foundations of the gas cooling system pump house and heat exchangers, and the gas purification plant towers at Monkton Coke Works extension, detached from the series of photographs D/X 1247/5/1-65, and D/X 1247/6/1-75, n.d. [1954 - 1956]
(3 photographs, 15cm. x 20cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1247/7/1-3

Photographs of Monkton Coke Works new ovens battery service bunker, new coke handling plant steelwork for secondary screening station, and aerial view of the cooling water treatment plant, by Joseph Connacher, photographer, Grant Street, Jarrow, 5 September 1956
(3 photographs, 15cm. x 20.5cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1247/8

Photograph of Monkton Coke Works gas purification plant, showing the erection of steelwork for the mechanical oxide discharger, 5 January 1957
(1 photograph, 21.5cm. x 16cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1247/9

Photograph of Monkton Coke Works exterior and railway sidings, by James Dickinson (Photographer) Limited, 41 - 43 High Street, Wallsend Newcastle-upon-Tyne, n.d. [mid 1950s]
(1 photograph, 24.5cm. x 16cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1247/10

Photograph of the exterior of Monkton Coke Works, n.d. [mid 1950s]
(1 photograph, 18.5cm. x 13.5cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1247/11/1-4

Photographs of the Monkton Gas Main Project gas holder foundations by F. C. C. Company Limited, Derby, 14 and 21 August 1970
(4 photographs, 21cm. x 16.5cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1247/12

Photograph of the extension of the Monkton Gas Main Project control room, by William Press and Son Limited, Darlington, 21 August 1970
(1 photograph, 21.5cm. x 16.5cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1247/13/1-2

Photographs of the exterior of Monkton Coke Works, 7 February 1972
(2 photographs, 21.5cm. x 16cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1247/14/1-2

Photographs of the exterior of Monkton Coke Works, 16 March 1972
(2 photographs, 25.5cm. x 20cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1247/15/1-2

Photographs of the rebuilding of Monkton Coke Works , 17 May 1972
(2 photographs, 27cm. x 23cm., black and white)

Plans (Ref: D/X 1247/16-25)Ref: D/X 1247/16

Sections, and details, of the coke wharf for the 'Bowes' Coking Plant, [Monkton], by Koppers' Coke Oven Company Limited, Sheffield, Yorkshire, 23 November 1935 Scale: ? inch to 1 foot [1:96]; 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]
(1 plan, 97cm. x 64cm.)

Ref: D/X 1247/17

Details of retaining walls and piers and plan, sections, and elevations, of foundations to ovens, buttresses and ram track at the 'Bowes' Coking Plant, Newcastle [sic], by L. G. Mouchel and Partners Limited, civil engineers, 38 Victoria Street, 6 March 1936 Scales: ? inch to 1 foot [1:96] and 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]
(1 plan, 128cm. x 71cm.)

Ref: D/X 1247/18

Details of wharf footings, piers, beams and slab for the coke wharf for Messrs. John Bowes and Partners, by the British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Company Limited, Stafford, 19 March 1936 Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]; 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24] and 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]
(1 plan, 100cm. x 66cm., duplicated)

Ref: D/X 1247/19

General arrangements of coal plant for Clarke, Chapman and Company Limited, by Moxey Conveyor and Transporter Company Limited, 8 April 1954 Scale: ? inch to 1 foot [1:96] and 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]
(1 plan, 100cm. x 69cm., duplicated)

Ref: D/X 1247/20

Plan of the arrangement of transfer conveyor at Monkton Washery, 15 April 1958 Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]
(1 plan, 125cm. x 75cm., duplicated)

Ref: D/X 1247/21/1

Datum plan of Monkton coke ovens, Monkton (Durham) III, drawing no. F3763/8110A, by Messrs. Woodall-Duckham Limited, Crawley, Sussex, 9 February 1971 Scale: ¹/16 inch to 1 foot [1:192]
(1 plan, 100cm. x 70cm., duplicated)

Ref: D/X 1247/21/2

Plan of general arrangement of coke oven pad foundation: oven section, Monkton (Durham) III, drawing no. F3763/8104C, by Messrs. Woodall-Duckham Limited, Crawley, Sussex, 26 March 1971 Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]
(1 plan, 100cm. x 71cm., duplicated)

Ref: D/X 1247/21/3

Plan of general arrangement of bunker end of coke oven pad foundation, Monkton (Durham) III, drawing no. F3763/8106D by Messrs. Woodall-Duckham Limited, Crawley, Sussex, 26 March 1971 Scale: 1/4 inch [1:48] and 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]
(1 plan, 100cm. x 71cm., duplicated)

Ref: D/X 1247/21/4

Plan of general arrangement of chimney end of coke oven pad foundation, Monkton (Durham) III, drawing no. F3763/8107D, by Messrs. Woodall-Duckham Limited, Crawley, Sussex, 26 March 1971 Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]
(1 plan, 100cm. x 71cm., duplicated)

Ref: D/X 1247/21/5

Plan of general arrangement of coke oven waste gas flue, Monkton (Durham) III, drawing no. F3763/8130D, by Messrs. Woodall-Duckham Limited, Crawley, Sussex, 26 March 1971 Scale: 1:96, 1:48, 1:24 and 1:16
(1 plan, 100cm. x 71cm., duplicated)

Ref: D/X 1247/21/6

Plan of general arrangement of ovens pad, Monkton (Durham) III, drawing no. F3763/8115B, by Messrs. Woodall-Duckham Limited, Crawley, Sussex, 2 April 1971 Scale: ³/16 inch to 1 foot [1:64], 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:14], and 3 inch to 1 foot [1:4]
(1 plan, 100cm. x 71cm., duplicated)

Ref: D/X 1247/21/7

Plan, section, and details of coke ovens pusher track, Monkton (Durham) III, drawing no. F3763/7125A, by Messrs. Woodall-Duckham Limited, Crawley, Sussex, 26 May 1971 Scale: ? inch to 1 foot [1:96], ? inch to 1 foot [1:32], 3/4 inch to 1 foot [1:16] and 1.5 inch to 1 foot [1:18]
(1 plan, 100cm. x 71cm., duplicated)

Ref: D/X 1247/21/8

Plan of general arrangement and reinforced concrete details of coke oven foundations for pusher track over flue, Monkton (Durham) III, drawing no. F3763/8133B, by Messrs. Woodall-Duckham Limited, Crawley, Sussex, 17 July 1971 Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48], 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24] and ? inch to 1 foot [1:16]
(1 plan, 100cm. x 71cm., duplicated)

Ref: D/X 1247/21/9

Plan of general arrangement of coke oven waste gas flue, sheet 2, Monkton (Durham) III, drawing no. F3763/8138B, by Messrs. Woodall-Duckham Limited, Crawley, Sussex, 28 July 1971 Scale: ? inch to 1 foot [1:96], 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48] and 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]
(1 plan, 100cm. x 71cm., duplicated)

Ref: D/X 1247/21/10

Plan of general arrangement of battery of 33 ovens, Monkton (Durham) III, drawing no. F3763/9170 by Messrs. Woodall-Duckham Limited, Crawley, Sussex, 19 January 1972 Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]
(1 plan, 100cm. x 67cm., duplicated)

Ref: D/X 1247/22/1

Plan of general arrangement of coke ovens basement slab for Gibbons Brothers Limited, by Norwest Holst, 23 January 1978 Scale: 1:20 and 1:50
(1 plan, 117cm. x 84cm., duplicated)

Ref: D/X 1247/22/2

Plan of general arrangement of basement slab, sections, as D/X 1247/22/1, 23 January 1978 Scale: 1:20
(1 plan, 117cm. x 84cm., duplicated)

Ref: D/X 1247/22/3

Plan of general arrangement of coke ovens, south end extension foundations, for Gibbons Brothers Limited, by Norwest Holst, 4 September 1978 Scale: 1:10, 1:15, 1:50
(1 plan, 117cm. x 84cm., duplicated)

Ref: D/X 1247/23/1

Plan of general arrangement of the foundations of the new ammonia sulphate plant, Monkton, for C. E. C. Entreprise, by Norwest Holst, 20 October 1978 Scales: 1:10, 1:25 and 1:100
(1 plan, 118cm. x 83cm., duplicated)

Ref: D/X 1247/23/2

Plan of general arrangement and reinforcement to foundations of the new ammonia sulphate plant, Monkton, for C. E. C. Entreprise, by Norwest Holst, 21 November 1978 Scale: 1:15
(1 plan, 118cm. x 83cm., duplicated)

Ref: D/X 1247/24/1

Site layout of civil works at Monkton By-Products Area, for National Smokeless Fuels Limited, Lyon Road, Harrow, Middlesex, 10 February 1978 Scale: 1:200
(1 plan, 101cm. x 76cm., duplicated)

Ref: D/X 1247/24/2

General arrangement, comprising plans and sections, of the exhauster house, Monkton, for National Smokeless Fuels Limited, Lyon Road, Harrow, Middlesex, 30 March 1978 Scale: 1:50 and 1:20
(1 plan, 101cm. x 76cm., duplicated)

Ref: D/X 1247/25/1

Sections and elevation of the arrangement of coal blending bunkers 'Bowes' 1936, at Monkton Coking Works for National Smokeless Fuels Limited (Northern), 15 September 1981 Scale: ? inch to 1 foot [1:96]
(1 plan, 100cm. x 76cm., tracing paper)

Ref: D/X 1247/25/2

Elevations and sections of the blending bunker at Monkton Coking Plant, for National Smokeless Fuels Limited (Northern), 17 September 1981 Scale: ? inch to 1 foot [1:96]
(1 plan, 100cm. x 76cm., tracing paper)



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