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Chinnor >
Chinnor Cement Works
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created by Corvid
on 2/16/2006 11:33 AM
last modified by Corvid
on 10/7/2007 7:15 PM
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This location has been labeled as Demolished, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.
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A large cement works, with 3 huge rotary kilns, each with its own chimeny. Only one of the chimneys remain. There are also pre-proces and final product storage silos.
EDIT: most of the works has been demolished, very little remains intact.
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Type: Cement Works
Status: Demolished
Accessibility: Very Difficult
Recommendation: forget it - demolished
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asbestos
rust
unsafe flooring
water
air quality
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3 huge rotary kilns, 6 metres thick, and 150 metres long. Endless platforms and walkways encircling the works, and kilns.
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barbed wire
24 hour guard
locked gates
welded doors
wooden boarding
cameras
fences around the whole works
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flashlight
breathing mask
gloves
head protection
long pants / sleeves
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During 1919, a small cement plant was developed adjacent to the beehive kilns, producing up to 240 tons per week using flare kilns, which had to be loaded by hand. By 1928, the first rotary kiln had been commissioned with an output of 500 tons per week.
The Chinnor Cement and Lime Company Limited was formed in 1936 and registered as a public company. Further investment continued with kiln No. 2 being installed in 1938. After 1938 the beehive kilns gradually disappeared until finally only one remained which was in a very poor and overgrown state. Prior to the recent closure, this remaining beehive kiln had been restored and was part of the tour for people visiting the quarries and factory. Another kiln, No. 3, followed in 1958, raising capacity to almost 4,500 tons per week. The Company too had grown into Chinnor Industries Ltd. and by 1962 the original rotary kiln had been replaced by the new No. 1 kiln and the site extended to some 200 acres of which the works occupied 20 acres. Following further development and modifications, the output of the Works was eventually raised to some 5600 tons per week.
On 1st January 1963, the ordinary shares of the Chinnor Industries Group were acquired by the rugby Portland Cement Co. Ltd. and from that time Chinnor Works had the benefit of Rugby's greater financial and technical support. Chinnor Works became one of six cement factories operated around the UK by the Cement Division of the Rugby Group plc. The Works had come a long way since Mr. Benton first opened his beehive kilns in 1908.
Until the closure of the Works in January 1999, the Cement Works had been the largest local employer. With its demise, the dormitory status of the village seems set to continue unless wisdom and foresight are applied to the use of the land.
Taken from http://www.chinnor.net/aboutchinnor.htm
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In December 2004, Daniel Stratford went missing from the nearby village where he lived. After days of searching, police found him dead in the Chinnor cement works, suffering from multiple chest injurys. From the BBC website:
"A spokeswoman for the Oxfordshire Ambulance Service said: "One of our paramedics climbed up the banking to reach him but when they got to him he was already dead and had been for some time.
"It is possible he may have fallen through the roof and died of chest injuries."
This seems strange, as there are no points in the quarry where there is the possibility to fall through a roof and land on a ledge. We also found flowers from Daniel's friends at the bottom of the chimney, possibly sugesting that the accident may have happened with his friends presant or at that place in the works. Our theory is that:
1. He could have climbed the chimeny and fell (this accounts for the flowers)
or
2. He could have been exploring the numerous walkways of the works, and walked out onto the weak coregated iron roofing, which collapsed.
Either way, this plant is not safe at all, many of the walkways are high up off the ground, and have had ladders and stairways leading to them removed.
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RMC have plans to turn the works, and surrounding quarry area into a housing project. They are one step closer now the bulk of the works has been demolished.
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Slurry silos
Sat, May 6th, 2006
posted by Corvid
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Looking north
Sat, May 6th, 2006
posted by Corvid
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Quarry pano
Sat, May 6th, 2006
posted by Corvid
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Slurry silos 360
Sat, May 6th, 2006
posted by Corvid
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Slurry motorhouse
Sun, Feb 19th, 2006
posted by Corvid
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Works quarry
Sun, Feb 19th, 2006
posted by Corvid
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Walkway pano
Sun, Feb 19th, 2006
posted by Corvid
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The moderator rating is a neutral rating of the content quality, photography, and coolness of this location.
This location has not yet been rated by a moderator.
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Emperor Wang on 10/8/2007 1:40 AM.
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on Oct 8 07 at 1:40, Emperor Wang validated this location
on Oct 7 07 at 19:15, Corvid changed the following: Status, Recommendation, Future Plans, Description
on Mar 16 07 at 8:45, Emperor Wang validated this location
on Mar 15 07 at 0:33, Corvid updated gallery picture Chinnor2-39.JPG
on Mar 15 07 at 0:33, Corvid updated gallery picture Chinnor2-38.JPG
on Oct 25 06 at 21:58, Emperor Wang validated this location
on Oct 25 06 at 21:42, Corvid changed the following: Real Name, Accessibility, Security Measures, Description
on Sep 18 06 at 5:40, Emperor Wang validated this location
on May 12 06 at 20:48, Corvid made this location available
on May 12 06 at 20:37, Corvid updated gallery picture Chinnor2-03.JPG
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