Facts and Figures

  • The site extends to 240 acres
  • It took 760 men to build it
  • When completed the plant employed around 800
When operating at full capacity the coking works carbonised 2,175 tons of coal a day, this could produce:
  • 1,400 tons of smokeless fuel
  • 65 tons of 77% Sulphuric Acid
  • 35 tons of Ammonium Sulphate
  • 20,000 gallons of crude Benzole
  • 250 tons Tar