Former Petrol Station - Old A14, Bar Hill, Cambridgeshire 3
Here we see the sad remains of what was once a very busy petrol station on the A14 at Bar Hill. With the building of the new A14 this has now been totally cut off and it's closure was inevitable. It had a long and at times difficult history, most famously or notoriously when an HGV lost control coming onto the forecourt causing a fire and a death. In those days it was a Fina branded site and later, after the fire and a rebuild it became a Total site and HGVs were banned from using it. Later still it went on to be a BP in its last years. Below you can see images of it was a Fina in the late 1960's when the road was the A604, three lanes with the middle one for overtaking in both directions, then as a Total thanks to Richard and as a BP again thanks to Richard.
In the Fina photo you can read a more extensive history of the garage and a link to a BBC article about the crash and subsequent fire.
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Former Petrol Station - Old A14, Bar Hill, Cambridgeshire 3
Here we see the sad remains of what was once a very busy petrol station on the A14 at Bar Hill. With the building of the new A14 this has now been totally cut off and it's closure was inevitable. It had a long and at times difficult history, most famously or notoriously when an HGV lost control coming onto the forecourt causing a fire and a death. In those days it was a Fina branded site and later, after the fire and a rebuild it became a Total site and HGVs were banned from using it. Later still it went on to be a BP in its last years. Below you can see images of it was a Fina in the late 1960's when the road was the A604, three lanes with the middle one for overtaking in both directions, then as a Total thanks to Richard and as a BP again thanks to Richard.
In the Fina photo you can read a more extensive history of the garage and a link to a BBC article about the crash and subsequent fire.
www.google.com/maps/@52.2593007,0.0188676,3a,75y,265.42h,...