Blue Circle, Dunstable
A general view of the plant on 16th February 1978, with John Fowler 0.6.0DH 4240017/66 having it's wagons discharged.
The cement works was built in 1925/6, being supplied with chalk from a quarry over the other side of Houghton Road, the railway system in the latter being unconnected with that in the main works. Production ceased in March 1971, the works then becoming a distribution centre for cement arriving from Northfleet, in Kent. This all closed during the summer of 1988, the site is now an industrial estate. Some old concrete fence panels of the works can still be seen along Houghton Road.
Pentax SP1000/50mm
Ilford FP4
Blue Circle, Dunstable
A general view of the plant on 16th February 1978, with John Fowler 0.6.0DH 4240017/66 having it's wagons discharged.
The cement works was built in 1925/6, being supplied with chalk from a quarry over the other side of Houghton Road, the railway system in the latter being unconnected with that in the main works. Production ceased in March 1971, the works then becoming a distribution centre for cement arriving from Northfleet, in Kent. This all closed during the summer of 1988, the site is now an industrial estate. Some old concrete fence panels of the works can still be seen along Houghton Road.
Pentax SP1000/50mm
Ilford FP4