The Capenhurst Tower

I’ve revamped this site slightly, to make it easier to navigate.

• My original article: Ministry of Defence hid microwave phone-tap tower inside nuclear plant, first published on 15^th April 1999
• A retrospective article I wrote a few days after the exposé on Channel 4 News (broadcast on 15^th July 1999)
• Architect’s drawing: floor plans Lovelock Mitchell & Partners
• Architect’s drawing: elevation Lovelock Mitchell & Partners

Photo © copyright Richard Lamont 2004

Footnote: having failed to find a buyer for the redundant tower, in 2004 the government finally had it demolished. The site appears to have been sold for £50,000 in the financial year 2005/06.^[1]

References

1. http://www.parliament.uk/deposits/depositedpapers/2008/DEP2008-1222.xls

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