London had a ski resort. It was toxic.
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Main sources:
THE BECKTON ALPS https://inthejungleofcities.com/2022/08/31/the-beckton-alps/
What’s in the Beckton Alp? https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/wastelandscapes/2023/04/19/whats-in-the-beckton-alp/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Explore the History of East London’s Beckton & Its Legacy https://www.atticstorage.co.uk/blog/history-of-beckton-in-east-london/
Credits:
Archive video by Fremantle
Photo of Beckton Gasworks https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10447893
By Graham Smith, from Wikimedia https://www.flickr.com/people/95736569@N00
Photo of Beckton Gasworks (2) https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=85666959
By Ben Brooksbank http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/44502
Photo of the Alps https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beckton_Alps.jpg
By Pterre, from Wikimedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pterre
Photo of the Alps (2)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beckton_Alps,_1973_-_geograph.org.uk_-_130201.jpg
By Pierre Terre, from Wikimedia https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/5128
Gasworks Map from the National Library of Scotland
Inside the mound assets:
Koreller, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Anton Rakitskiy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Benjah-bmm27, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Alchemist-hp (talk) (www.pse-mendelejew.de), FAL, via Wikimedia Commons
Alexxx1979, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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