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PRN | 11475 | ||||
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Site or location name | Hooley Hill Rubber and Chemical Works | ||||
Summary | |||||
Description | Destroyed, built over. Associated Gas works present on the north side of Oxford street east which was reconstructed. 46 people killed by 5 tons of TNT and gas explosion. 400 injured and hundreds of properties affected. | ||||
Monument Type | MUNITIONS FACTORY;MUNITIONS FACTORY | ||||
Desgination | None | ||||
Material | |||||
Location |
Country | ENGLAND | ||||
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County | Ashton under lyne | ||||
Site Location | Hooley Hill Rubber and Chemical Works | ||||
Postcode | OL7 0RE | ||||
Map Reference | NGR: SJ93089806 (393080, 398060) | ||||
Condition/Threat | |||||
Condition (Date) | Destroyed (29-07-2018) | ||||
Source | |||||
(1911) Cheshire IIIA.SE & III.SW (includes: Ashton Under Lyne; Audenshaw; Droylsden; Dukinfield; Hyde; Little Moss; Manchester; Stalybridge.) Revised: 1906 to 1907. Ordnance Survey. | |||||
(1917) Ashton Town Hall funeral. | |||||
(1917) Hooley Hill Rubber and Chemical Works North facing. | |||||
(1917) Hooley Hill Rubber and Chemical Works North West facing. | |||||
Administration | |||||
Recorded By (Date) | Kevin Wright - Tameside Archaeological Society Ltd (28-07-2018) | ||||
Copiled On | 29-07-2018 | ||||
Last Updated | 29-07-2018 |
Associated data |
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Text metadata | CSV | 14 Kb |
National Library of Scotland, Ordnance Survey (1911) Cheshire IIIA.SE & III.SW (includes: Ashton Under Lyne; Audenshaw; Droylsden; Dukinfield; Hyde; Little Moss; Manchester; Stalybridge.). | 1 Mb |