Description: EXTRA INFOPHOTO RECLAIMED INDUSTRIAL LAND ABOVE BLAYDON BURN SURPRISINGLY THE FIELD WAS RECLAIMED FROM THE SITE OF A FORMER CHEMICAL WORKS KNOWN AS OTTOVALE OWNED BY PRIESTMAN COLLIERIES LTD. AND BUILT IN 1904 ISEE.GATESHEAD.GOV.UK DETAIL.PHP?T=OBJECTS&TYPE=ALL&F=&S=OTTOVALE&RECORD=0 THE PRIESTMAN COKE OVENS WERE KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE ???GERMAN OVENS??? OR ???OTTOVALE??? AFTER THEIR GERMAN MANUFACTURER OTTO HILGENSTOCK. THE OVENS BURNT COAL TO PRODUCE COKE. THE NEARBY NEWCASTLE TAR WORKS REFINED CRUDE TAR A BY-PRODUCT OF COKE PRODUCTION. THE NEWCASTLE BENZOL WORKS WAS THE FIRST PLACE IN THE WORLD WHERE PETROL KNOWN AS BLAYDON BENZOLE WAS PRODUCED FROM COAL. THERE WAS ALSO A POWER STATION WHICH GENERATED ELECTRICITY USING WASTE HEAT BUT LITTLE REMAINS TO BE SEEN TODAY [[2819832]] THE FACTORY WAS DEMOLISHED AND THE SITE RECLAIMED IN THE 1970S. EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG WIKI OTTOVALE_COKE_WORKS COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) ANDREW CURTIS PHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS NOTES REF NO ACV-2717 PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 x 4 inches CONDITION: NOTE - SOME CROPPING OR WHITE SPACE TOP/BOTTOM MAY OCCUR ON THE PRINT DUE TO THE IMAGE/PRINT PAPER RATIO WATERMARK IF PRESENT ON THE IMAGE WILL NOT APPEAR ON ITEM SENT TO YOU: NOTES This is a print and supply service for an image that is COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) Andrew Curtis obtained from GEOGRAPH and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License Details of licence available here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
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Type: Photographs
Theme: Topographical
Sub-Theme: England
Number of Items: Single
Period: 1945 - Present
Postage Condition: Unposted
Antique: No
