Controlled explosions expected as demolition work gets underway on Teesside
People living close to the Teesworks site are being informed that they might hear loud noises through the night over the weekend
People living near the Teesworks site on Teesside are being informed that between 00:00 and 02:00 on Sunday, 19 September, a series of controlled explosions will be taking place at the site to demolish a number of structures.
These explosions will last around 10 seconds, with all of the work confined to the site.
We're told the work is being carried out in the early hours of Sunday morning to avoid disruption to nearby train lines - which otherwise would have been forced to close temporarily.
The following structures are being brought down by controlled explosion.
• Gibbon Wilputte Coal bunker - Constructed c.1973 and standing at 68 metres tall, it was used to house the main 2,000-ton capacity coal bunkers as well as workshops, offices, and mess facilities.
• Gibbon Wilputte Battery Waste Gas Chimney - Constructed by Gibbons Wilputte in 1971, the battery waste gas chimney is a free-standing brick-built structure which stands 95 metres from the base to the end of its tapering top. The chimney was designed to carry the waste gas products from the coke oven gas consumed in the ovens
• Dorman Long Coal bunker - The large concrete structure was constructed c.1956 and used to house the main 5,000-ton capacity coal bunkers as well as workshops, offices, mess facilities and water tanks as part of the original SBCO Otto Simon Carves coke oven battery.