A concrete chimney is being built at Battersea, London. When completed it will be 275 feet high. It is being constructed without scaffolding, but with a mechanical device at the top, rising as the chimney grows, at the rate og 7ft per day. An electric lift inside carries workmen and material to the top.
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Northern Advocate, 10 January 1936, Page 6
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54A concrete chimney is being built at Battersea, London. When completed it will be 275 feet high. It is being constructed without scaffolding, but with a mechanical device at the top, rising as the chimney grows, at the rate og 7ft per day. An electric lift inside carries workmen and material to the top. Northern Advocate, 10 January 1936, Page 6
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