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.
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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