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1 day ago@mattblaze@federate.social that is a truly glorious looking building.
If it housed the transmission gear, the walls may have been that thick to prevent explosions getting out rather than in!
Yes, that one. Not the cricketer.
The one that:
Does some stuff with IT at Loughborough University &&
tinkers with electronics and home automation &&
runs around chasing racing cars*
The one that’s also been diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer.
*Motorsport marshal | #BMMC Member | #MotorsportUK Grade 3 (Post Chief)
** Header photo - me and fellow volunteers at the 2022 F1 British Grand Prix, trying to quickly concoct a lifting strategy for the crashed Sauber of Zhou Guanyo
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@mattblaze@federate.social Apparently so.
It’s a difficult building to get rid of, because the foundation for the tower itself are intertwined with the former telephone exchange beneath it - which is now an incredibly important fibre interchange point.
I was lucky enough to go up there in 2004 (or 2005) for a presentation lunch from Cisco. It’s fascinating inside.
@mattblaze@federate.social Before BT (in the UK) went to fibre, they had a wide variety of towers for MW backbone/trunk data/voice comms. Many were utilitarian extended metal tetrahedra or trihedra, but some were quite unique - perhaps the most obvious being the former Post Office Tower in London.
Many of them are now shadow of their former selves, with very few antennae attached.
@mattblaze@federate.social have a look for the history of the Capenhurst tower in the UK, if you’re not familiar with that already.
Kinda related, but slightly in reverse.
@mattblaze@federate.social there may be a literal pair of smoking boots as the only remaining evidence.