Cromer Road Destructor Works, Hanley

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Date:October 1964

Description:The Stoke on Trent City refuse destructor works was on Cromer Road, sandwiched between it and the Caldon Canal in the Northwood area. Household waste was burned in incinerators. Sometimes the destructor was combined with a power station to produce electricity, as in Yeaman Street in Stoke.

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Cromer Road Destructor Works, Hanley

The Stoke on Trent City refuse destructor works was on Cromer Road, sandwiched between it and the Caldon ...

Stoke on Trent City Electricity and Destructor Works, Yeaman Street, Stoke-on-Trent

This photograph shows the site of Stoke on Trent City Electricity and (refuse) Destructor Works in Yeaman ...

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Creators: Mr Bert Bentley - Creator

Image courtesy of: Stoke on Trent City Archives.

Donor ref:SD1480/187-20 (204/38983)

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