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 school children watched the destruction of the Old Tolbooth 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 foundations of the steeple were eaten away and it menaced a nearby housing scheme. Photo Shows: The gelignite charges go off and down topples the ancient steeple
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13168086
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46164922
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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Keystone Pictures USA
