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50 years Ago
A view of the underpass from Church Street which will carry cars to the stack, seen in the background.
Burnley's new multi-storey car stack, St Peter's at Church Street, should be completed and ready for use by Christmas 1971. It caters for up to 530 motorists. The work was originally held up for several months, after a collapse of the culvert in the River Brun, throwing the contractors, British Lift Slab, behind schedule. The car stack, complete with underpass leading from Church Street, is similar to the Curzon Street stack. Burnley's Borough Surveyor, Mr. E. C. Ashby, said that most of the structure is pre-fabricated then built up in section from ground level. This is why the final stages are quickly erected.
For the image and story of the culvert and plans of the proposed stack search the website using the words British Lift Slab.
