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Work begins on biggest Teesworks demolition project so far
The 250,000 sq ft torpedo ladle repair shed will be razed after almost 100 years
16:44, 18 FEB 2021
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Taskforce recommends that Redcar s iconic blast furnace site should be dismantled
The independent group say the structure should be pulled down to make way for regeneration, but campaigners say they ll continue to oppose
18:53, 15 JAN 2021
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An independent taskforce has recommended that Redcar s iconic blast furnace should be dismantled.
The heritage taskforce, set up by Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen, has concluded that the structure - which has overlooked Redcar since the late 1970s - should be pulled apart with any “materials and artefacts of industrial architecture being salvaged for memorials or displays .