Checkpoint 3

Chemistry Tower looms large

The photo shows students relaxing in an area where the New Adelphi Building now stands.

Archive image: Students relax on land that now houses the New Adelphi Building.

The Chemistry Tower, built in the mid-1960s and demolished in the 1990s, makes its presence felt in the background. The Cockcroft Building is in the foreground.

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