Site 8 was located on the West side of Burtonwood Road opposite BRD (Burtonwood Repair Depot) site. Construction of the site was started in January 1953 & the warehouse was opened on August the 16th 1954. The length of the warehouse was 5,280 feet (1 Mile Long) The Width of the warehouse was 1,255 feet with a capacity of 5,000,000 cubic feet & was the largest covered warehouse in Europe with a total building cost of $12,000,000. The site was served by a railway branch line, with level crossing barriers and traffic lights crossing Burtonwood Road. The branch line passed the South side of BRD site entering the Liverpool to Manchester railway line. The US Army moved into site 8 in February 1967 & the site was named Burtonwood Army Depot. On the 4th of January 1982 its name was changed to 'The 47th Area Support Group US Army Reserve Storage Activity'. With the ending of the 'Cold War' site 8 became surplus to requirements & the US Army left in the middle of 1993. The site was later demolished to make way for private housing.
Note: BRD Site is on the Top Left of the Photo.
The Lamont Boiler House was purpose-built to supply high-pressure hot water heating to the massive Header House complex. The Header House was the largest warehouse building under a single roof in Europe at the time, used to store massive quantities of military vehicles, jeeps, and heavy engineering equipment.
The facility operated five coal-fired combustion boilers. Fuel Source: It famously ran on a very low-grade, powdery type of coal colloquially nicknamed "nutty-slack". The Lamont Boiler House originally had 5 chimneys for the 5 boilers. The chimneys were later reduced to just one after the boiler house was refitted.
In the foreground can be seen the fuel store. In the background across Burtonwood Road can be seen the workshops on the BRD site. Date of photo is 1962.
Each of the boilers had a 25-ton hopper feeding the nutty slack into each of the boilers. The boilers had a chain grate moving very slowly into the boilers with a 6-inch bed of coal. In the background is site 3 living area. Photo was taken in 1989 by Eddie Whitham.
Photo was taken in 1989 by Eddie Whitham.
Photo was taken in 1989 by Eddie Whitham.
Photo was taken in 1989 by Eddie Whitham.
In the foreground is the Helicopter landing pad and at the top right BRD site can be seen. The photo was taken in 1989 by Eddie Whitham.
The photo was taken in 1989 by Eddie Whitham.
The photo was taken in 1990 by Eddie Whitham.
The photo was taken in 1990 by Eddie Whitham.
The photo was taken in 1989 by Eddie Whitham.
The photo was taken in 1989 by Eddie Whitham.
The photo was taken in 1990 by Eddie Whitham.
The photo was taken in 1990 by Eddie Whitham.
The photo was taken in 1990 by Eddie Whitham.
The photo was taken in 1990 by Eddie Whitham.
The photo was taken in 1990 by Eddie Whitham.
The photo was taken in 1989 by Eddie Whitham.
The photo was taken in 1989 by Eddie Whitham.
After crossing Burtonwood road, the branch line travels through the BRD site then connects up with the main Liverpool to Manchester main railway line.
The Burtonwood team gets together. The United States Air Force Europe Grid Football final was held at Wembley Stadium between the Furstenfeldbruck team from Germany & Burtonwood.
Does anyone recognize any of the players?
