Old Tolbooth Steeple, Muir Street, Hamilton, Scotland
Jan. 01, 1954 - Gelignite Used To Destroy Ancient Steeple In Hamilton - Scotland: About 1, 000 people, including many schoolchildren watched the destruction of the Old Tollbooth Steeple, in Muir Street, Hamilton, Scotland, recently - with the aid of gelignite charges. The Steeple bell had tolled out the hours for 312 years but the steeple foundation were eaten away and it menaced a nearby housing scheme. Photo Shows after the explosion onlookers scramble among the hundreds of bricks and stones which formed the steeple - at Hamilton
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13167968
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46164505
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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