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Engineering and Construction Collection: Health and safety exhibition JLP01_09_751824

Health and safety exhibition JLP01_09_751824
Grain Power Station, Grain, Isle of Grain, Medway, Kent. Three men at a Laing exhibition stand looking at a display of faulty lifting tackle and hard hats that had saved lives

Engineering and Construction Collection: Moving concrete slabs JLP01_08_096704

Moving concrete slabs JLP01_08_096704
Grain Power Station, Grain, Isle of Grain, Medway, Kent. Laing workers assisting with the movement of a rectangular concrete slab at a stockpile on the construction site of the Isle of Grain Power

Engineering and Construction Collection: Fitters JLP01_08_096701

Fitters JLP01_08_096701
Grain Power Station, Grain, Isle of Grain, Medway, Kent. A group portrait of Laing fitters posed in front of a site bus at the Isle of Grain Power Station

Engineering and Construction Collection: Outfall team JLP01_08_096698

Outfall team JLP01_08_096698
Grain Power Station, Grain, Isle of Grain, Medway, Kent. group portrait of the outfall team at the Isle of Grain Power Station

Engineering and Construction Collection: Flume construction JLP01_08_096291

Flume construction JLP01_08_096291
Grain Power Station, Grain, Isle of Grain, Medway, Kent. A view towards the power house and main chimney during the construction of the Isle of Grain Power Station

Engineering and Construction Collection: Truck-mounted cranes JLP01_08_090873

Truck-mounted cranes JLP01_08_090873
Grain Power Station, Grain, Isle of Grain, Medway, Kent. Three truck-mounted cranes hired from Elstree Plant lined up on the site of the Isle of Grain Power Station

Engineering and Construction Collection: Piling JLP01_08_089551

Piling JLP01_08_089551
Grain Power Station, Grain, Isle of Grain, Medway, Kent. Piling in progress during the construction of the Isle of Grain Power Station

Engineering and Construction Collection: Surveyor JLP01_08_089550

Surveyor JLP01_08_089550
Grain Power Station, Grain, Isle of Grain, Medway, Kent. A Laing surveyor using a theodolite on the construction site of the Isle of Grain Power Station

Engineering and Construction Collection: Concrete moulds JLP01_11_53758_10

Concrete moulds JLP01_11_53758_10
Glaxo Medical Research Centre, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire. A worker filling moulds with concrete during the construction of the Glaxo Research Centre in Stevenage

Engineering and Construction Collection: Safety training video JLP01_11_53757_01

Safety training video JLP01_11_53757_01
Glaxo Medical Research Centre, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire. Workers employed on the Glaxo Research Centre construction site in Stevenage watching a safety training video

Engineering and Construction Collection: Topping out celebration JLP01_09_860321

Topping out celebration JLP01_09_860321
Glaxo Pharmaceutical Works, Park Road, Ware, East Hertfordshire. Project managers and a large group of the workforce all in hard hats posing with pints of beer on the roof of the new research

Engineering and Construction Collection: Bricklaying JLP01_09_860042

Bricklaying JLP01_09_860042
Glaxo Pharmaceutical Works, Park Road, Ware, East Hertfordshire. A team of bricklayers building walls in a foundation trench during construction works at the Glaxo site in Ware

Engineering and Construction Collection: Tea break JLP01_09_852145

Tea break JLP01_09_852145
Glaxo Pharmaceutical Works, Park Road, Ware, East Hertfordshire. Two Laing workers taking a tea break amid the construction works at the Glaxo site in Ware

Engineering and Construction Collection: Thames Foundry, Dagenham Works JLP01_01_048_26

Thames Foundry, Dagenham Works JLP01_01_048_26
Ford Motor Company Works, Thames Foundry, Dagenham, Havering, Greater London. A view of the new foundry under construction at the Ford Motor Company Works

Engineering and Construction Collection: Thames Foundry, Dagenham Works JLP01_01_048_23

Thames Foundry, Dagenham Works JLP01_01_048_23
Ford Motor Company Works, Thames Foundry, Dagenham, Havering, Greater London. A view of the new foundry under construction at the Ford Motor Company Works

Engineering and Construction Collection: Thames Foundry, Dagenham Works JLP01_01_048_22

Thames Foundry, Dagenham Works JLP01_01_048_22
Ford Motor Company Works, Thames Foundry, Dagenham, Havering, Greater London. A view of the new foundry under construction at the Ford Motor Company Works

Engineering and Construction Collection: Thames Foundry, Dagenham Works JLP01_01_048_18

Thames Foundry, Dagenham Works JLP01_01_048_18
Ford Motor Company Works, Thames Foundry, Dagenham, Havering, Greater London. A view of the new foundry under construction at the Ford Motor Company Works

Engineering and Construction Collection: Thames Foundry, Dagenham Works JLP01_01_048_16

Thames Foundry, Dagenham Works JLP01_01_048_16
Ford Motor Company Works, Thames Foundry, Dagenham, Havering, Greater London. A view of the new foundry under construction at the Ford Motor Company Works

Engineering and Construction Collection: Dagenham Works JLP01_08_058013

Dagenham Works JLP01_08_058013
FORD MOTOR WORKS, BARKING AND DAGENHAM, GREATER LONDON. An aerial view showing progress on the new light structure for the Ford Motor Company Limited at Dagenham

Engineering and Construction Collection: Installing a cooling water pipe JLP01_08_066296

Installing a cooling water pipe JLP01_08_066296
EGGBOROUGH POWER STATION, A19, EGGBOROUGH, SELBY, NORTH YORKSHIRE. Looking through a section of pipe on the construction site of Eggborough Power Station

Engineering and Construction Collection: Plans and diagrams JLP01_08_065035a

Plans and diagrams JLP01_08_065035a
EGGBOROUGH POWER STATION, A19, EGGBOROUGH, SELBY, NORTH YORKSHIRE. Four Laing workers looking at plans for the stressing of cooling water pipes during the construction of Eggborough Power Station

Engineering and Construction Collection: Concrete coating JLP01_10_16935

Concrete coating JLP01_10_16935
Fishbourne, Chichester, West Sussex. A worker carrying out guniting (spraying concrete) on the Southern gas pipeline. This gas pipeline was installed by the Southern region of O C Summers Ltd

Engineering and Construction Collection: Mending a tractor JLP01_08_055062

Mending a tractor JLP01_08_055062
A view of two Laing workers carrying out maintenance work on the rear right wheel of a Fordson Major Diesel Tractor. This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in

Engineering and Construction Collection: Teamwork JLP01_08_080287

Teamwork JLP01_08_080287
Cromwell Tower, Silk Street, Barbican, City of London. The team of Laing workers who worked on dismantling a tower crane posed for a photo on the roof of a tower, possibly Cromwell Tower

Engineering and Construction Collection: Installing fermenting vessels JLP01_09_780534

Installing fermenting vessels JLP01_09_780534
Courage Brewery, Imperial Way, Worton Grange, Reading. A large Sparrows crane lifting one of the 20 tonne fermenting vessels into position at the new Courage Brewery site

Engineering and Construction Collection: Building a chimney JLP01_09_772198

Building a chimney JLP01_09_772198
Courage Brewery, Imperial Way, Worton Grange, Reading. A section of the 200ft tall chimney being raised by crane at the new Courage Brewery site

Engineering and Construction Collection: Fens gas pipeline JLP01_08_077175

Fens gas pipeline JLP01_08_077175
CAMBRIDGESHIRE. A view of the Fens gas pipeline during installation from across the Great Ouse Relief Channel, showing a dredging tractor owned by The Dredging & Construction Co Ltd in

Engineering and Construction Collection: CIS Building Manchester JLP01_08_062064

CIS Building Manchester JLP01_08_062064
CIS BUILDING, COOPERATIVE INSURANCE SOCIETY TOWER, MILLER STREET, MANCHESTER. Two Laing workers brushing mosaic tiling around CIS lettering on the service tower

Engineering and Construction Collection: CIS Building Manchester JLP01_08_057339

CIS Building Manchester JLP01_08_057339
CIS BUILDING, COOPERATIVE INSURANCE SOCIETY TOWER, MILLER STREET, MANCHESTER. A view from the roof of the Co-operative Society Building on Dantzic Street

Engineering and Construction Collection: Bottesford Airfield JLP01_08_087504

Bottesford Airfield JLP01_08_087504
Bottesford Airfield, Bottesford, Melton, Leicestershire. A worker tightening bolts on a complex piece of pipework at the Bottesford pre-yield depot

Engineering and Construction Collection: Bottesford Airfield JLP01_08_087498

Bottesford Airfield JLP01_08_087498
Bottesford Airfield, Bottesford, Melton, Leicestershire. The interior of a large corrugated steel fabrication shop at the Bottesford pre-yield depot, showing workers cutting and welding pipework

Engineering and Construction Collection: Blackbird Leys JLP01_08_069168

Blackbird Leys JLP01_08_069168
Sundew Close, Blackbird Leys, Oxford, Oxfordshire. A group of children playing on the grass infront of a row of terraced Easiform houses

Engineering and Construction Collection: Barlaston pipeline JLP01_08_084420

Barlaston pipeline JLP01_08_084420
Barlaston, Stafford, Staffordshire. A view of the Barlaston pipeline crossing the Trent and Mersey Canal during the installation of the pipeline

Engineering and Construction Collection: Road construction 33592_029

Road construction 33592_029
Construction of the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Road Improvement Scheme, Brampton, Cambridgeshire, 2018. TL2069

Engineering and Construction Collection: Road construction 33592_028

Road construction 33592_028
Construction of the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Road Improvement Scheme, Cambridgeshire, near Offord Hill, 2018. TL2168

Engineering and Construction Collection: Rebuilding P_H00101_009

Rebuilding P_H00101_009
DOVER, KENT. A large group of Belgian labourers, working on behalf of the Ministry of Works and posing outside of reconstructed terraced housing, in Dover, Kent

Engineering and Construction Collection: Assembling a prefab P_H00043_005

Assembling a prefab P_H00043_005
Trowley Rise, Abbots Langley, Three Rivers, Hertfordshire. Workmen assembling a Swedish prefabricated house in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire

Engineering and Construction Collection: Clifton Suspension Bridge BB68_05597

Clifton Suspension Bridge BB68_05597
CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE, Bristol. The bridge under construction, November 1863. Work began on the bridge in 1836 under the supervision of Isambard Kingdom Brunel but stopped due to lack of funds

Engineering and Construction Collection: Roundtree House DES01_01_0111

Roundtree House DES01_01_0111
Roundtree House, Alfred Street, Wereneth, Oldham, Lancashire. Tower block under construction viewed from Featherstall Road South. Photographed by Eileen Deste, 1966-74

Engineering and Construction Collection: Unloading a tractor JLP01_01_073_41

Unloading a tractor JLP01_01_073_41
Berkeley Power Station, Berkeley, Ham And Stone, Gloucestershire. Tractor being unloaded by a 15 ton crane on the first day of the construction of Berkeley Nuclear Power Station

Engineering and Construction Collection: Upgrading the line OP04913

Upgrading the line OP04913
A Star Class steam locomotive passing along part of the South Devon and Tavistock Railway. This view possibly looking south-west along the stretch of line East of Plymouth near Crabtree or Marsh

Engineering and Construction Collection: HS2 construction 33874_044

HS2 construction 33874_044
Heave cutting site in advance of HS2 construction, near Stoneton, Warwickshire, 2020

Engineering and Construction Collection: Building Vauxhall Bridge CVB01_01_01

Building Vauxhall Bridge CVB01_01_01
Barges manoeuvring one of the steel arches which would form the new Vauxhall Bridge into place on the River Thames, London

Engineering and Construction Collection: Raising the devil JLP01_14_00036

Raising the devil JLP01_14_00036
St Michaels Cathedral, Coventry. View of Jacob Epsteins sculpture of the devil being hoisted into position 1961-2. John Laing Collection

Engineering and Construction Collection: Preston Bus Station JLP01_08_081453

Preston Bus Station JLP01_08_081453
Preston Bus Station, Tithebarrn Street, Preston. View of the car park decks and access ramp during construction. Photographed in June 1969; John Laing Collection

Engineering and Construction Collection: Preston Bus Station JLP01_08_081452

Preston Bus Station JLP01_08_081452
Preston Bus Station, Tithebarrn Street, Preston. View of the car park decks during construction. Photographed in June 1969; John Laing Collection

Engineering and Construction Collection: Preston Bus Station JLP01_08_081441

Preston Bus Station JLP01_08_081441
Preston Bus Station, Tithebarrn Street, Preston. The placement of a concrete beam during construction. Photographed in June 1969; John Laing Collection

Engineering and Construction Collection: Preston Bus Station JLP01_08_082572

Preston Bus Station JLP01_08_082572
Preston Bus Station, Tithebarrn Street, Preston. End-on view showing the northern elevation with the car park decks protruding to either side. Photographed in October 1969; John Laing Collection

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