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RETURN to ABANDONED Semtex Rubber Factory Ft. [dis]order

The Music used in this video does not belong to us. Rights to the music go to Depeche Mode & Dominatrix

History:
The Brynmawr Rubber Factory was a notable building situated in Brynmawr in Wales. It was designed between 1946 and 1951 by The Architect's Co-Op, a group of Architecture students from the AA in London, in collaboration with engineer Ove Arup.

It was built for the Brimsdown Rubber Company to produce various products (mainly tyres) and is considered by many as a Modernist icon and as an exemplar of 'Festival of Britain' period architecture.[1]

The main production floor was spanned by nine huge concrete shell domes which were punctuated by circular rooflights. Some of the outer sections of the factory were roofed with concrete barrel vaulted shells.

The building was perhaps too ambitious and it was never a commercial success. In 1952, it was sold to Dunlop and used for manufacturing vinyl flooring known as Semtex.

The factory was made a Grade II* listed building by the Welsh Office in 1985, the first building to date from after World War II to be listed anywhere in England or Wales. Despite being a listed building, it was demolished in 2001. The Boiler House is all that remains of the once massive site.

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Music: Depeche Mode - Where's the Revolution (Dominatrix Remix) (Rights belong to them)

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