Miles of sandstone facades are now quietly rotting away, sometimes noisily so when bits of masonry fall off.

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Soldiers' tents and clothes were rotting away in a matter of days.

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"She looked so sorry for herself, tucked away in this boatyard, surrounded by numerous other boats rotting away in a type of nautical graveyard, " said boat builder and new owner, Dan Stevens.

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He was in part the cause and in part the effect of the state's rotting-away, and he preyed on its decay.

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