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Site
8 (Header House Warehouse US Army
Storage Depot)
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.
Site 8/Header House Under
Construction 3rd of August 1954.

Aerial
Photo Site 8/Header House.
Note: BRD Site is on the
Top Left of the Photo.

Numerous American
Military Vehicles Parked on
Outside Storage Area on Site
8/Header House.

Even More American
Military Vehicles (Jeeps).

US Army Headquarters.
Header house warehouses.
United States Army CH-47
Helicopter.
United States Army CH-47
Helicopter taking off.
United States Army
Iroquois Helicopter
Looking
East from the Lamont
high-pressure boiler
house, 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.
Railway branch line
Railway branch line
leading to the railhead.
Railway branch line
looking East towards the
level crossing gates on Burtonwood
road.
After
crossing Burtonwood road, the
branch line
travels through the BRD site
then connects up with
the main Liverpool to Manchester
main railway line.
Header house Warehouses.
Vehicles lined up in
front of the warehouses.
Sports and recreation
field
Sports and recreation
field.

Site 8 record site plan.

Inside the header house
during May 1959.
The original entrance
gatehouse
The newly updated
gatehouse.
Outside storage in front
of the header house.
Trailer tankers.
Recreation sports field.
An American officer
announcing to civilian
workers when site 8 was to close
down.
LT Colonel Bryan Lobdell,
the commanding officer
of Burtonwood is the last American
to leave site 8.
More Pictures etc Coming
Soon Regarding Site 8 .....
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