Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Demolition of Blue Circle / Lafarge Cement Works Northfleet (part 2)

Following on from my blog post about the demise of the Blue Circle / Lafarge Cement works at Northfleet, a series of pictures taken for me by a friend showing the last moments of the iconic 550' chimneys on 28th March 2010.....

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3 comments:

  1. More history lost forever :( I hope they at least kept all the industrial and historical relics, for some sort of museum in Northfleet.

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  2. Oh wow! that is unusual for them to topple towers! Usually they implode don't they? Great photos!

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  3. Brilliant! I love seeing building that fall like this and don't fall into themselves.

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