| This gallery shows a number of pictures of the demolition of the Rawtenstall Bus Depot, which commenced in September 2008. The depot was in use by Rossendale Transport right up until the 31st of August, and demolition work started almost immediately after that.
Many of the images in this gallery show the progress of the demolition, as different parts of the building were brought down, and these are listed by the dates they were taken. Judging by the amount of bus drivers watching and taking pictures of the work, they must be finding it a bit strange to see a place that they had been using until very recently, and in many cases for a good many years, brought crashing to the ground in such a short space of time. The demolition work itself has been very efficiently done by the 'Manchester Tippers' <http://www.manchester-tippers.co.uk>, and apart from taking photographs, it was amazing to see the speed and skill with which much of the roof was removed by those powerful machines. After the roof was removed the walls came down next, and the main front wall had one section that needed careful removal - it had a stone four section plaque with the words "Rawtenstall Corporation Motors 1938", which was being removed and re-located at the bus company's new depot at Helmshore. This was quite a tricky process, and required many of the surrounding stonework to be removed manually a stone at a time. Another interesting feature was the removal of the floor, which revealed four sets of tram tracks from the original Tramway Depot that had stood on the site before the bus depot was built. As the concrete was removed the tracks could be clearly seen, along with the large service pit underneath it, so I'm at least glad I was able to get a lot of pictures of this before it was removed forever. The tracks had been covered for nearly 80 years, so it provided us with a rare opportunity to see and record these for posterity. Work is now almost complete, with just the removal of the large pile of crushed rubble now remaining, and no doubt it won't be too long before work begins on the construction of the new Lidl store on the site. |
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