Burnt out
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Burnt out by Neil Owen as part of the Geograph project.
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Burnt out
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 16 Feb 2017
The old barrage balloon hangar was built with lots of asbestos sheeting - unsurprisingly when you consider that a balloon held over 500m³ (17,000cf) of flammable hydrogen! However, the balloons and the asbestos are long gone - a pity as this fire broke out. See Image] for more.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.481872
Longitude
-2.436142