Engineering Collection (page 4)

Coryton Refinery JLP01_01_167_54
CORYTON OIL REFINERY, THURROCK, ESSEX. Workers moving a floating petrol tank during the construction of Coryton Oil Refinery, showing the tank just prior to turning the corner

Piling rig JLP01_01_167_47
CORYTON OIL REFINERY, THURROCK, ESSEX. Workmen operating a Neilens pile frame during construction at Coryton Oil Refinery, showing the 4 ton hammer driving a 16" x 16" pile foundation

Tamping JLP01_167_07
CORYTON OIL REFINERY, THURROCK, ESSEX. A group of workmen operating a 46ft long tamper during the construction of a 92ft diameter tank base at Coryton Oil Refinery

Coryton Refinery from the air JLP01_068_26
CORYTON OIL REFINERY, THURROCK, ESSEX. An aerial view from the north showing Coryton Oil Refinery during its construction

Coryton Refinery from the air JLP01_068_22
CORYTON OIL REFINERY, THURROCK, ESSEX. An aerial view from the north-west showing Coryton Oil Refinery during its construction

Coryton Refinery from the air JLP01_068_14
CORYTON OIL REFINERY, THURROCK, ESSEX. An aerial view from the west showing Coryton Oil Refinery during its construction

Cutting reinforcing rods JLP01_065_33
CORYTON OIL REFINERY, THURROCK, ESSEX. Two workmen using a hand operated machine to cut a 3/8" reinforcing rod during the construction of Coryton Oil Refinery

Caisson construction JLP01_01_063_51
Red Lion Wharf, Gravesend, Kent. Laing workers pouring concrete for the walls of the cooling water intake caisson during the first phase of its construction for Coryton Oil Refinery, Thurrock, Essex

Coryton Refinery JLP01_09_802343
CORYTON OIL REFINERY, THURROCK, ESSEX. A portrait of a group of workmen employed on the IE&C extension contract at Coryton Oil Refinery

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

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

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

Bury St Edmunds Sugar Silo JLP01_10_10478
Bury St Edmunds Sugar Beet Factory, Bury St. Edmunds, St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk. A view looking upwards from the inside of a sugar silo towards the roof structure

Bury St Edmunds Sugar Silo JLP01_09_820596
Bury St Edmunds Sugar Beet Factory, Bury St. Edmunds, St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk. A view of the working platform with a central crane at the top of a silo during construction at Bury St Edmunds Sugar

Road building MOT01_01_34
Coast Road, Horden, County Durham. A group of workmen beside a Ruston excavator loading earth into wagons on a track, during the construction of Coast Road

Road resurfacing MOT01_01_20
Lee Road, Blackheath Park, Greenwich, Greater London. An elevator depositing debris into a cart drawn by a horse, during construction work on Lee Road

Dome of Discovery JRU01_01_116
Festival of Britain, South Bank Exhibition, Dome of Discovery, Chicheley Street, South Bank, Lambeth, Greater London. A view of part of the Sea exhibition in the Dome of Discovery at the South Bank

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

Shipping on the Avon BB89_03975
Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol. A view looking towards the gorge and bridge showing the pier in the foreground and sailing and steam vessels on the Avon

Shipyard at Goole EAW030613
The Goole Shipbuilding and Repairing Co Ltd Works, Goole, East Yorkshire. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in June 1950

Crewe Locomotive Works OP03590
Crewe Locomotive Works, Forge Street, Crewe, Cheshire. From the L G Fisher Collection, photographed in 1910. A steam locomotive engine being assembled on the production line

Crewe Locomotive Works OP03599
Crewe Locomotive Works, Forge Street, Crewe, Cheshire. From the L G Fisher Collection, photographed in 1910. A man in a laboratory estimating carbon in a sample of steel

Crewe Locomotive Works OP03587
Crewe Locomotive Works, Forge Street, Crewe, Cheshire. From the L G Fisher Collection, photographed in 1910. Dissolution of a sample of steel for carbon estimation in a laboratory

Band-e Kaisar, Iran XAWAB0244
Band-e Kaisar, Shustar, Iran. Also known as Valerians Bridge, this bridge and dam was reputedly constructed by captive Roman soldiers after Sassanian Shah Shapur Is victory over the Roman Emperor

Limehouse Basin lat01_001_02
Limehouse Basin, Tower Hamlets, London. Construction of the expanded Limehouse Basin in May 1869. Photographic print by Lucas and Tuck showing details of the work

Railway works OP04912
Plymouth area. Renewal work being carried out on the girders and rail bearers of part of the South Devon and Tavistock Railway, using a mobile crane

Millbrook Proving Ground 18944_05
Millbrook Proving Ground, Bedfordshire. Millbrook is a dedicated automotive testing facility built by Vauxhall and Bedford in the 1960s

Avonmouth Bridge under construction JEH_22045_038
Avonmouth Bridge, Shirehampton, Gloucesterhire. This view shows work underway on construction for the M5 motorway. Work started in 1969 and the foundations

Liverpool wigwam EAW125048
Liverpool. The construction of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King. Photographed in April 1964. Aerofilms Collection

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

Southampton EPW041062
Reclamation of the Western Docks between Royal Pier and Millbrook, Southampton. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in April 1933

Dover EAW317159
Construction of the A2 elevated road section above Eastern Docks, Dover, Kent. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in 1976

Shipyard at Southampton EPW020528
Woolston Shipbuilding and Engineering Works, Southampton. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in March 1928

Welwyn Railway Viaduct IoE158231
Welwyn Railway Viaduct, Hertfordshire with a train in transit. Built for the Great Northern Railway by Sir William and Joseph Cubitt and opened on 7th August 1850

Limehouse Basin lat01_001_01
Limehouse Basin, Tower Hamlets, London. Construction of the expanded Limehouse Basin in May 1869. Photographic print by Lucas and Tuck showing details of the work

Building the Bull Ring JLP01_14_00001
Bull Ring, Birmingham. The eastern side of the shopping centre development under construction. Photographed in June 1963

Carruthers Crane JLP01_10_00964
Graythorp Dry Dock, Hartlepool. Carruthers Crane in use during the construction of Graythorp oil platform at dry dock. The Laing Offshore Graythorp project involved the development of the former

Building Second Severn Crossing JLP01_60072_10
New Severn Bridge, Pilning And Severn Beach, South Gloucestershire. The Second Severn Crossing under construction, taken from the top of the bridge. Photographed in October 1995

Steam Turbine CC025365
Detail of a steam turbine. Photographed in around 1906 for the London Midland and Scottish Railway

Building Sizewell B JLP01_11_47189_01
Sizewell B Power Station, Leiston, Suffolk. View from a tower crane showing the John Laing construction site. Photographed in November 1990

Building Sizewell B JLP01_10_49276
Sizewell B Power Station, Leiston, Suffolk. John Laing construction works on the reactor containment building. Photographed in April 1991

City of Manchester Stadium 21151_09
City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester. An aerial view of the City of Manchester Stadium during the early stages of construction

Road cutting JEH_22047_037
Court Hill, Tickenham, Somerset. Construction works for the M5 motorway included the creation of these precipitous cuttings. Photographed in November 1970 by Jim Hancock

Boatbuilders at Cowes EPW023056
Engineering and Boatbuilding Works off Thetis Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight. August 1928

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

Building the M1 JLP01_14_00016
Men with dumper filling in the marginal haunch of the M1 motorway. Photographed 1958-9

Building a refinery JLP01_12_030
Coryton Oil Refinery, Thurrock. Mobile crane and machinery during the construction. Photographed 1952-4

Building a factory JLP01_12_002
Patons And Baldwins Knitting Factory, Lingfield Close, Darlington. The partially completed factory showing a man working an excavator. Photographed 1949-50

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