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ATA › Gallery › Construction › Charlie and the Chocolate Factory › November 25th 2005
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 A trench has been dug the length of Cred Street.
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 The trench is needed to lay more power cables to Charlie and The Chocolate Factory.
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 The brick paving will be re-used, and you can see stacks of them adjacent to the trench.
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 From Vintage Cars, we look down Cred Street towards the building site.
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 Here's where the cables run from - a substation behind the "Gingerbread House" next to Vintage Cars.
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 This is the disabled entrance and exit to Hex, which the cables will run underneath en route to the substation.
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 The Gallopers Carousel has had its horses removed, for their routine winter maintenance.
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 Standing next to "Incredible Ices", you can see a glimpse of steelwork on the construction site.
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 A bit closer, and you can see that the metal framework spans the area previously used for the extended queue line.
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 The height of the metal structure, which will house the hydraulic lifts, dwarfs the McDonalds next door. When work is complete, the building will be around 20m tall.
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 Parts of scenery from the old Toyland Tours attraction have now been moved next to the courtyard tavern. We assume they are awaiting removal.
 
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