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Splendour of industrial plant about to be demolished (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

finery

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'splendour of industrial plant' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
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(Other definitions for finery that I've seen before include "Elaborate clothing, jewellery etc" , "Fancy clothes or trappings" , "Ostentatious decoration" , "Showy clothing" , "Ostentatious clothing" .)

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