End of Lizzy
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End of Lizzy
Image: © Gordon Griffiths Taken: 5 Oct 1980
The view of Bilston Blast Furnace known as Elizabeth ("Big Lizzy") which had been shut down in April 1978 at Stewarts & Lloyds Steel Works. The picture shows the start of the fall on demolition in October 1980.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.562067
Longitude
-2.092596