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- Film ID:
- 2641.33
- Media URN:
- 78666
- Group:
- Unissued unused
- Archive:
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 1961
- Sound:
- Mute
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration:
- 00:02:07:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:51:19:00 / 01:53:26:00
- Canister:
- UN 3594 J
Paul Seward says
This creation was popularly known as The Thing. Built at Folkestone, the nearest suitable construction site, to facilitate erection of the water outlet pipe at Dungeness A nuclear power station. The base weights were removed and then the whole edifice towed to site. So suggest altering Duchess in the caption to Dungeness!
Paul Seward says
http://www.sir-robert-mcalpine.com/projects/?id=14207
David Lay says
There is a similar tower/thing emerging in the inner harbour now, summer 2014 an artwork by artist Gabriel Lester, part of the Folkestone Triennial http://www.folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artist/gabriel-lester/
David Lay says
From the Mcalpine site:
We designed the intake structure at the seaward end of the cooling water inlet tunnel. Assembled off site, it was towed into position and secured to the seabed using a system of 43m tubular steel piles passed through tubular legs.
In what at the time was an industry world record, a 400 tonne capacity rail-mounted Goliath crane was used within the reactor and turbine house areas to lift and position four reinforced concrete steam drum housings, each weighing 366 tonnes.