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Catalogue sound #97/25:
The Great Canvey Island Chimney Disaster
On 17 September 1997, a 450 feet high concrete chimney stack on Canvey Island was accidentally demolished a day early. TV personality Fred Dibnah, who was in charge of the demolition, labelled it 'The Great Canvey Island Chimney Disaster'.
On the weekend of 28th & 29th June 2025 as part of Estuary Festival, visitors could hear the sound and feel both the vibrations and shock waves of the chimney stack being destroyed on its original site (now within Canvey Wick nature reserve), an experience that had remained lost and without an audience for all these years.
Photo courtesy of Sam Wainwright
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