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SK1827 : Site of the Fauld Explosion near Hanbury, Staffs

near to Hanbury, Staffordshire, Great Britain

Site of the Fauld Explosion near Hanbury, Staffs.

No photograph can do justice to the size of the crater left after this explosion in 1944 which took the lives of 70 people. It occurred in an underground ammunition store and was at the time the biggest non-nuclear man made explosion ever. Link

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2005

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Grid Square: SK1827, 9 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Frank Smith (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph (First for SK1827)
Date Taken: Thursday, 30 June, 2005 (more nearby)
Submitted: Sunday, 7 May, 2006
Category: Wartime relics (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: SK 182 277 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:50.7900N 1:43.8728W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: SK 182 276
View Direction: NORTH (about 0 degrees)