More Tory Culture Wars vandalism as Redcar blast furnace is blown up
A blast furnace at Redcar on Teesside was blown up on 23rd November.
It dated only from 1979 but the giant structure was meant to represent the future of steel making on Teesside. In fact it ended up being mothballed in 2015 and taking back control has made no difference to matters.
Predictably behind the demolition was anti-history man, the Tory Mayor for Tees Valley Ben Houchen. His fixed view is that the best way to remember the industrial history of Teesside is to destroy it. The problem is that preserving history, even recent additions such as the blast furnace costs money but does not provide much opportunity for private profit.
Of course when it comes to preserving statues of slave traders the Tories take precisely the opposite view.
Guardian report
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