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...Redevelopment halted due to lack of material caused by the greed that fuels large US companies to outsource... tsk... how, dare I say it, iron-ic... Pardon the pun, but quite true and crushingly sad...

Hi blackjack, unfortunately I do not have this newspaper clipping and so I can only glean whatever information I can get access to when researching the histories of these places. As we all know the newspapers don't always print the whole truth. I have updated the page in question, and hope it will suffice. Thank you.

About 6in for me, OfMice.:)

It would be interesting to find out what was causing it, a hidden camera perhaps? lol.

Egad.

I'm absolutely transfixed with these old control shots.

C Ward makes me think if its asking if you are brave enough to follow the trial, or ar e you a Coward.

Astounding!

A great and necessary point, D.

Another breathtaking shot.

I knew that soap dispenser comment was coming...

Much appreciated, Mitch! :)

God, I live for this stuff.

A mangle was actually the press one would squeeze the material just scrubbed through to get as much water out as possible, via a turn-handle usually on the side of the contraption. It accomplished what the spin cycle does in modern washers. A mangle would usually be attached to the side of an old washing "machine", jutting over the wash basin so that the basin could collect the water. :)