The Collapse of The Volta Tower
The Volta Tower collapsed on 16 November 1951 after standing for 86 years. At the time, Mrs Florence Northen and her husband lived there. Mr Northen was outside at the time of its collapse and survived but Mrs Northen was inside and killed by the tower's collapse. It was discovered after its collapse that no mortar had been used at all in its construction which caused its untimely collapse. Older residents of the town who remember the day of the Volta Tower's collapse describe hearing a loud rumble as it collapsed and describe seeing a huge dust cloud in the air over where the Volta Tower had been standing.
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