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Ronan Point

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Ronan Point

Prefabricated tower block in Canning Town, London, which suffered progressive collapse as the result of a gas explosion 1968. Five people were killed in the disaster, which did much to discredit ‘system building’.
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CAPTION(S): READY FOR TOUGH BATTLE Niall Ronan POINT TO PROVE Munster's Alan Quinlan is back after 12-week suspension for eye-gouging
AL MAKE UP FOR BAN; WOUNDED REDS TO BANISH BLUES by The Mirror (London, England)
Successive governments turned increasingly to high-rise blocks of flats to resolve the demands of post-war housing 1968: The tower block Ronan Point, in Newham, east London, partially collapsed after a gas explosion.
Council homes: the rise, the collapse and the fall by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
Ronan Point in Newham crashed to the ground just before 6am after a gas explosion on the 18th floor.
Remember When? May 1968 by Birmingham Mail (England)
 
 
 
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