Concrete Cliffs

Series

Series Name: Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

215

Date Released

1977

Length of issue (in feet)

522

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

COI synopsis: In the flat heartlands of Scotland, in the city of Stirling, there is a curious anomaly; a peak. And surmounting this peak, there’s a castle. But the peak is sandstone which is over the years crumbling away. To preserve the pinnacle, to preserve the castle, British engineers are covering every square yard of stone with hessian. It intimately follows every outline. It’s the basis of a shuttering system to envelop the pinnacle with solid, indestructable concrete - that still looks like natural rock!

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Science and technology; Landforms; Engineering

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 52 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/215

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Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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