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Queen Alexandra Dock, Cardiff, negative
Visiting party inside the Polydrome warehouse at Queen Alexandra Dock, Cardiff.
The 'Polydrome' was a dome-shaped frameless structure (in this case 250 feet long x 120 feet wide x 60 feet high) fabricated from PVC reinforced with woven nylon and supported entirely by low pressure air pumped in by two electric fans (with a diesel generator in case of mains power failure). It was manufactured by Polydrome AB of Enkoping, Sweden and supplied by Youngman System Building of Crawley.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
1996.96/1302
Measurements
Length
(mm): 62
Width
(mm): 91
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