Although the cement render is flaking off and all wooden doors and hatches are burned, the tower is structurally sound.

                                                          Although the cement render is flaking off and all wooden doors and hatches are burned, the tower is structurally sound.                                                                                       More
Although the cement render is flaking off and all wooden doors and hatches are burned, the tower is structurally sound. NOTE: All images and movies are copyright and must not be reproduced or mirrored in any form without written permission.

 

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  • Title: Although the cement render is flaking off and all wooden doors and hatches are burned, the tower is structurally sound.
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  • File name: DSCN0981.jpg
  • Dimensions: 432 x 324 px

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  • From the tea room.
  • Ash piles, wetted down, ready to be packed into drums and carted off for burial.
  • Once was photocopier.
  • Scaffolding erected for access to the heliostat tower. Nobody had been up there since before the fire.
  • Although the cement render is flaking off and all wooden doors and hatches are burned, the tower is structurally sound.
  • The heliostat has survived, but is beyond repair. All paint and electrics have burnt, and the brass azimuth scale has melted. Mi
  • Heliostat is stuck in azimuth, probably warped out of round by the heat.
  • Drive mechanisms are still mounted inside the tower.
  • Cleaning the drive is a difficult job.