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Aspen Colliery Coke Ovens

Aspen Colliery

The structures are located  near  the towns of Church and Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire and close to the Leeds/Liverpool canal.The history behind the coke ovens  are known locally as the “fairy caves”   the  function of the coke ovens known as  beehive coking ovens converted the coal from the adjacent Aspen Colliery into coke for the steelworks as a smokeless fuel. The canal opened in 1810 which brought the coke ovens into use, there were three rows, each with nine ovens, they were not used after 1930, and in 1977 they were scheduled as an ancient monument, however no work had been done to preserve the site, and they were left  to deteriorate and eventually vandalised.   the canal was used to transport the coke to steelworks.    The ovens themselves are of brick, encased with masonry. The bank nearest the basin was in the best state of preservation.

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<img src="Old coke ovens in lancashire" alt=" coke ovens, industry, 18th cent" />




<img src="Old coke ovens in lancashire" alt=" coke ovens, industry, 18th cent" />

<img src="Old coke ovens in lancashire" alt=" coke ovens, industry, 18th cent" />

<img src="Old coke ovens in lancashire" alt=" coke ovens, industry, 18th cent" />

<img src="Old coke ovens in lancashire" alt=" coke ovens, industry, 18th cent" />

<img src="Old coke ovens in lancashire" alt=" coke ovens, industry, 18th cent" />

<img src="Old coke ovens in lancashire" alt=" coke ovens, industry, 18th cent" />

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