DEMOLITION men have turned back the clock 100 years by stripping back the iron buildings around Albury’s original John Burrows flour mill.
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More of the brick building became visible yesterday when additions from the 1950s and 1960s were removed.
Demolition work began in April and last month the historic nine “honeycomb” concrete silos came down.
The team from Guilfoyle Wreckers has since removed iron-clad buildings on the railway side of the mill.
Towering structures to the south and north have also disappeared.
Allied Mills has city council consent to demolish all the complex — there are still substantial components on the 5850-square-metre site to go.
As well as the brick mill, concrete and steel silos built in the 1970s and an office block on Young Street still stand.
Mill operations in Albury ceased in January 2009 with operations transferred to a $97 million mill at Picton.
Allied Mills will sell the freehold section of the site it owns — it leases some land from the Australian Rail Track Corporation.
The company hopes to sell for $1.6 million.