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UER Forum > Archived World > Cwm Coke - Beddau - UK (Viewed 175 times) saul_son  Location: Manchester.United Kingdom Gender: Male  |  |  Cwm Coke - Beddau - UK < on 3/29/2009 12:34 AM >   Bit of an old one this, but I quite liked the place... After a long time wanting to see Cwm Coke, Lawrence and myself made it on a drizzly December afternoon in the Rhondda Valley. Cwm Coke's origins lie with the Great Western Railway and it's insatiable hunger for coal. The GWR sunk pits at the Cwm site in 1909 as well as in other areas of the Rhondda, but Cwm didn't become known for it's coke until 1958 when the coking ovens and associated plant for producing coke and refining the by-products of the coking process. During this time the existing colliery site saw a £9 million investment, by the 1970's the two pits 'Margaret' and 'Mildred' and the coking plant were the work place of 1,500 men this combined effort produced 515,000 tons of coke per annum. The colliery continued production of coal right up until privatisation of the National Coal Board in 1986. The coking plant remained in use until 2002 producing the low sulfur coke that the foundries of Port Talbot required. The site now sits derelict and despite being quite heavily battered there is still plenty to see, however for me the most impressive aspect was the site's scale - the place is vast. It reminded me of the similar plants of Belgium and Germany. Photographs, no particular order: Full set here. Full set here. UER Forum > Archived World > Cwm Coke - Beddau - UK (Viewed 175 times) All content and images copyright © 2002-2024 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire. To contact webmaster, or click to email with problems or other questions about this site: UER CONTACT View Terms of Service | View Privacy Policy | Server colocation provided by Beanfield This page was generated for you in 125 milliseconds. Since June 23, 2002, a total of 741084256 pages have been generated.