Machinery Collection (page 2)

Deck launch gantry JLP01_11_60005_08
Second Severn Crossing, M4 Motorway, New Passage, Pilning and Severn Beach, South Gloucestershire. The deck units of the bridge on the Second Severn Crossing being installed by a specially designed

Deck launch gantry JLP01_11_58176_03
Second Severn Crossing, M4 Motorway, New Passage, Pilning and Severn Beach, South Gloucestershire. A view of the Second Severn Crossing under construction

Transport Minister on TV JLP01_11_56739
Second Severn Crossing, M4 Motorway, New Passage, Pilning and Severn Beach, South Gloucestershire. Robert Key, Transport Minister

Deck launch gantry JLP01_10_57949
Second Severn Crossing, M4 Motorway, New Passage, Pilning and Severn Beach, South Gloucestershire. A view of the Second Severn Crossing under construction

Deck launch gantry JLP01_10_57844
Second Severn Crossing, M4 Motorway, New Passage, Pilning and Severn Beach, South Gloucestershire. A view of the Second Severn Crossing under construction

Lifting an H-frame JLP01_01_147_49
SHELL HAVEN OIL REFINERY, SHELL HAVEN, STANFORD LE HOPE, ESSEX. A crane lifting a precast H frame from the casting bed, prior to stacking for curing and relifting into its final position

M6 under construction JLP01_08_064257
M6 Motorway, M6, Swynnerton, Stafford, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Excavation JLP01_01_172_067
M6 Motorway, M6, Stafford, Stafford, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Stafford By-pass on the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

M6 construction Madeley Heath JLP01_01_165_58
M6 Motorway, M6, Madeley, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6), looking north-west at Waltons Wood near Madeley Heath

Barn Bank Lane bridge JLP01_08_060498
M6 Motorway, M6, Hyde Lea, Stafford, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Keele cutting JLP01_08_059934
M6 Motorway, M6, Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Pipelaying JLP01_08_076876
NORFOLK. A row of Caterpillar 583 pipelayers with side booms lifting the Fens gas pipeline into a recently dug trench. Work on laying the Fens gas pipeline started in June 1967

Construction work JLP01_08_044355
ICI RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT, ALDERLEY PARK, NETHER ALDERLEY, CHESHIRE EAST. A workman posed with an electrical machine used for fusing pieces of water-bar on the construction site of the ICI research

Second Severn Crossing JLP01_20_021_16_34
A view of progress on the construction of the Second Severn Crossing, showing cranes on a platform for installing concrete caissons and a dump truck operated by Jones Bros

Second Severn Crossing groundworks JLP01_20_021_16_20
A view of progress on the construction of the Second Severn Crossing, showing a Komatsu excavator working in the River Severn, and a recently installed concrete caisson behind

M6 Motorway construction JLP01_08_078138
EDEN, CUMBRIA. Two men blasting and drilling rocks during the construction of the M6 Motorway through the Lune Gorge. Rock excavations used in the construction of the motorway took place at a quarry

Asphalt base course JLP01_08_055058
A view of Laing workers operating a paver machine, laying an asphalt base course to the roadway of the London to Yorkshire Motorway (the M1)

Motorway base course construction JLP01_142_53
A Blaw-Knox PF90 Spreader laying a base course of dry-lean concrete on Project A of the London to Yorkshire Motorway (the M1)

Pipeline JLP01_10_03787
CUMBRIA. A helicopter flying over a row of Caterpillar pipelayers during the installation of the Brampton pipeline. In 1975

Pipeline JLP01_09_752704
CUMBRIA. A view of pipelaying equipment lowering the Brampton pipeline into a trench. In 1975, Laing Pipelines laid the Brampton gas pipeline between Longtown near Carlisle to the east of Bishop

Eggborough Power Station JLP01_08_075183a
EGGBOROUGH POWER STATION, A19, EGGBOROUGH, SELBY, NORTH YORKSHIRE. A view of Eggborough Power Station from the south-west, showing a front-loader tractor working in the field in the foreground

Greatgate Quarry JLP01_08_054189
GREATGATE QUARRY, CROXDEN, EAST STAFFORDSHIRE. A view over Park Quarry in Great Gate showing workers quarrying sandstone for the construction of Coventry Cathedral

Greatgate Quarry JLP01_08_054186
GREATGATE QUARRY, CROXDEN, EAST STAFFORDSHIRE. A view over Park Quarry in Great Gate showing workers quarrying sandstone for the construction of Coventry Cathedral

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

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

Cyclops Works, Sheffield BL22301_009
Cammell Lairds Cyclops Ordnance Steel Tyre and Spring Works in Grimesthorpe, Sheffield. Men at work in the shell machine shop. One of a series of photographs of Cammell Laird works. Bedford Lemere

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