Time-lapse film captures dismantling of Northampton gas holder.
In the week in which discount supermarket Lidl submitted plans to build a new store on the former gasworks in Northampton, Robinson & Birdsell have released a new film showing the dismantling of the two gasholders that once loomed over the site.
The project required the dismantling of two column-guided below ground gas holders, identified as No.1 and No.5.
Holder No.1 consisted of three lifts, eighteen column legs and associated inter-connecting steelwork plus above ground pipework valve pits and an associated small generator house.
Holder No.5 consisted of two lifts and eighteen cast-iron legs with inter-connecting steelwork which encroached into National Grid’s live operational area and therefore required an National Grid ‘Permit to Work’ to enable works to proceed. A small anti-freeze building also required demolishing within the area.
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