The Orgreave Coking Plant viewed from High Field Lane looking north east towards Catcliffe

Date:
1966 - 1974
Location:
Orgreave Coking Plant, High Field Lane, Orgreave, Rotherham
Reference:
DES01/01/0009
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The site was at the centre of the 'Battle of Orgreave' on the 18th June 1984. Striking miners picketed the British Steel Corporation coking plant in an attempt to prevent coke being transported to the British Steel works at Scunthorpe. The result was a violent confrontation between the pickets and police. Nearly 100 pickets were charged following the events of that day, but the trails collapsed after evidence given by the police was deemed to be unreliable.

Content

This is part of the Series: DES01/01 Eileen Deste: Nelson and Colne; within the Collection: DES01 Eileen Deste Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Deste, Eileen

Keywords

20th Century Coke Oven, 20th Century Coke Quenching Tower