Ten warehouses on parade

Ridout, G.

Ten warehouses on parade - 1987 - Building 252(15) 10 April 1987, 45-47(3) .

Describes the reconstruction of the Royal Army Ordnance Corp `s central ordnance depot, comprising ten identical fully automated storage and retrieval warehouses , at Donnington near Telford, Shropshire. The original building was completely destroyed by fire in 1983 with the loss of £150m worth of army stock. To prevent this happening again the new building has been installed with extensive fire prevention and fire fighting equipment. Photos, plan


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