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Octavia Court Demolished
Completed in 1969, and first occupied in 1970, Octavia Court, Greenock, a 17 storey skyscraper containing 102 flats was demolished in a controlled explosion at 2.30am on Sunday 20 February 2011. It took approximately 4 seconds to turn the building into a pile of rubble. The last resident of the building was rehoused in September 2010. When the site has been cleared of the rubble, work will begin to build 14 homes that will house up to 56 people.
Octavia Court Demolished
Completed in 1969, and first occupied in 1970, Octavia Court, Greenock, a 17 storey skyscraper containing 102 flats was demolished in a controlled explosion at 2.30am on Sunday 20 February 2011. It took approximately 4 seconds to turn the building into a pile of rubble. The last resident of the building was rehoused in September 2010. When the site has been cleared of the rubble, work will begin to build 14 homes that will house up to 56 people.