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December 21st, 2004, 05:30 PM
Martin Bull
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Not quite military archaeology but...the Alcan aluminium plant at Falkirk in Scotland closed its doors this week.
So what ?
you ask. According to local reports, the plant originally opened in the 1940s producing dural for Spitfires.....
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