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ATA › Gallery › Construction › Charlie and the Chocolate Factory › October 29th 2005
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 Before the fireworks started, this message was displayed on the giant screen in front of the lake.
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 What had been a large hole in the ground, has now been filled in with concrete.
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 There are more holes around the site. Here you can see a square one - possibly for one of the lifts.
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 The hole at the back of the construction site.
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 The front of the building is largely unchanged, with the exception of the Elephant statue, which will be replaced by faux "factory gates".
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 Nothing visibly different at the boarding point.
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 Later in the day, you can see that the JCB is doing some more excavation work.
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 A closeup of the vehicles working on the site.
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 Two workers adjusting a frame of some kind next at the side of the warehouse.
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 A better view of the concrete-filled hole. Comparing it to the plans, it seems to be around the area of the exit path.
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 Later still, you can see that the scaffolding that was being put up earlier has now been completed, and is also across the rest of the side of the building.
 
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