Photo story - incredible.

Longer that the plastic version?

Some makes of grate burners specify that soldered joints are not be used under the appliance.

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Ed Sirett
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I've seen that or something very similar a long time ago. CEGB had an old quarry somewhere where they erected pylons and tested them to distruction. It was actually one of only very few such test facilities in the world, and they earned a good income testing other country's pylons for them too.

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Andrew Gabriel

or even _destruction_...

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Andrew Gabriel

I had an idea that it was Spadeadam but it's not mentioned at:

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Dave Liquorice

In Cheshire I think. Long since disbanded along with all the other research facilities of both the gas and electricity industries.

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Matt

Be nice to see some results.

Indeed.

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Dave Plowman (News)

Just off the Cheddar Gorge, a little road to the left afair.

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Tony Williams

It also featured in one of those '70s OU programmes on strain gauges, didn't it. Usually seen when you're watching a late film and the next thing you wake up to find it's 2:00 a.m. and you're watching a programme presented by some guy in the uniform beard, specs and pullover.

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Aidan
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It is amazing how many research facilities are down little roads. I worked on one off the Newbury bypass, I was handed the poisoned chalice on a non-functioning sampling system. I did end up making it work, but I covered a lot of miles commuting to and fro. It was a constructed wetland to test the effectiveness of ameliorating runoff water. Great fun, turn down an unmarked 8' entrance off a dual carriageway road with a 38 tonner sitting on your rear bumper, then try to leave said entrance later with juggernauts doing 50mph. A good job the vehicle was a 1.9 turbo diesel. They pick up quite smartly when your knuckles go white.

John Schmitt

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John Schmitt

Well I was close with Cheshire, I just knew it wasn't Wensleydale :-)

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Matt

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