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Original Text (Annotation: EAW027514 / 1088549)
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A CONCRETE FLACK TOWER- IT WAS BUILT AROUND 1942 TO PROTECT MARCONIS WIRELESS FACTORY AND HOFFMANS BALL BEARING FACTORY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. IT HAD A BOFORS ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN ON TOP AND THE AMMUNITION WAS STORED UNDERNEATH. IT WAS DEMOLISHED IN THE MID 1980'S MAYBE TO MAKE WAY FOR THE CHELMER VALLEY ROUTE. '