Bellozanne Valley

Bellozanne Valley

Once a pretty valley to the north of First Tower, Bellozanne Valley became the principal depository for Jersey's rubbish during the 20th century,
when sewerage works,scrapyards, an incinerator and other facilities were hidden away out of sight of day-to-day routes, ruining the valley for ever.

In 1935 the Parish of St Helier started to buy land and properties in Bellozanne Valley, with it being anticipated that the area would be a possible location for a new parish destructor to replace the one in the quarry at the foot of Westmount.

A special committee was set up to help decide the best possible position for the erection of a modern destructor and to obtain specifications and estimates. In addition, Mr J H Codling, of the Birmingham Cleansing Department, was appointed as an impartial external expert advisor, and visited Jersey to view potential locations for the new infrastructure.

In May 1936 Codling presented a report recommending Bellozanne Valley, largely because the parish already owned much of the land. Codling also noted that there were not many houses in the immediate vicinity, and that it would be possible to screen the whole plant from the road, so its ‘presence would hardly be suspected’.

The view from the top of the new chimney in 1938, captured by an Evening Post photographer

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  Bellozanne Valley
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  A road was constructed through this meadow
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  Francis Foot photograph
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  1890
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  Incinerator in 1978
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  Early 20th century view of the valley by Albert Smith before it's peace and calm were destroyed by the introduction of sewage treatment works
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  Sewage treatment works, 1977 - picture Jersey Evening Post
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  1920s
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  View from the incinerator chimney
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  Photograph by Albert Smith

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