{"id":4602,"date":"2026-06-07T17:01:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T16:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rayhutchings.co.uk\/?p=4602"},"modified":"2026-06-08T10:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T09:50:11","slug":"the-audley-destructor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rayhutchings.co.uk\/?p=4602","title":{"rendered":"The Audley Destructor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While out hunting for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rayhutchings.co.uk\/?page_id=961\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"961\">Ordnance Survey Bench Marks<\/a> I am always on the lookout for anything connected with local history. The more unusual the better \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today I found a <em>thing&#8217;<\/em> More accurately I didn&#8217;t find a <em>thing<\/em> I found where a <em>thing<\/em> used to be. The site of the majestically and immpressively named Audley Destructor. Sadly, all that once was is now a modern housing estate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Audley Destructor was a renowned Victorian waste incinerator and was a significant landmark in Blackburn Lancashire. It was one of four waste incinerators constructed by the Blackburn Corporation. Standing at 312 feet and built from local Accrington brick, the chimney held the distinction of being the tallest in the UK upon its completion in 1888.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Destructor continued to operate until 1959. In operation, each of four furnaces, or cells, could burn around 27 tons of waste per week which is a total of 108 tons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The impressive chimney was finally demolished on 15 November 1959.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have not yet been able to find any usable photographs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Map<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.nls.uk\/geo\/explore\/#zoom=18.0&amp;lat=53.74119&amp;lon=-2.47557&amp;layers=173&amp;b=GoogleSatHyb&amp;o=100&amp;marker=53.73964,-2.47896\">https:\/\/maps.nls.uk\/geo\/explore\/#zoom=18.0&amp;lat=53.74119&amp;lon=-2.47557&amp;layers=173&amp;b=GoogleSatHyb&amp;o=100&amp;marker=53.73964,-2.47896<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While out hunting for Ordnance Survey Bench Marks I am always on the lookout for anything connected with local history. The more unusual the better \u2026 Today I found a thing&#8217; More accurately I didn&#8217;t find a thing I found where a thing used to be. The site of the majestically and immpressively named Audley [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rayhutchings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rayhutchings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rayhutchings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rayhutchings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rayhutchings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4602"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.rayhutchings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4604,"href":"http:\/\/www.rayhutchings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4602\/revisions\/4604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rayhutchings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rayhutchings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rayhutchings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}