ICI Billingham in September 1970, No. 1
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ICI Billingham in September 1970, No. 1
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 6 Sep 1970
One of a number taken of the vast ICI Works at Billingham, perhaps the largest in the world. It was a Sunday and I drove all the way round the edge of the Works, "very impressed by its vastness and the mysterious, powerful pulsating and hissing of the great chemical complex". See also Image] etc. [I did not record precise locations and I leave it to others more familiar with the Works to offer descriptions]. [??].
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54.594716
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-1.277358