RAF Spadeadam
Introduction
The photograph on this page of RAF Spadeadam by Phil Thirkell as part of the Geograph project.
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RAF Spadeadam
Image: © Phil Thirkell Taken: 14 May 2011
These are the remains of the BOC liquid oxygen plant that produced fuel for the Blue Streak rockets assembled and tested here in the 1950/60s.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.02859
Longitude
-2.607561