Demolition site, Mendalgief Road
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Demolition site, Mendalgief Road
Image: © Robin Drayton Taken: 27 Oct 2008
The site was occupied for 85 years by the Whiteheads steelworks which in its heyday in the 1970s employed up to 3000 people. Recently, just before its closure in 2005 it was the Corus Special Strip (CSS) operation. At the date of this photo it was earmarked for hospital and related uses, but this never happened. In 2022 the preparation for the development of Royal Victoria Court, a brand-new mixed tenure development of 528 quality homes, was underway. The trees in the background are in Belle Vue Park. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/705342
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Image Location
Latitude
51.574658
Longitude
-2.99677