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Joiner JLP01_08_049264

PORTISHEAD B POWER STATION, PORTISHEAD AND NORTH WESTON, NORTH SOMERSET. A Laing joiner, working on the construction of Portishead B Power Station.
A cropped version of this image was published in the People section of the May 1957 edition of Laing's monthly newsletter, Team Spirit.
Portishead B Power Station opened in the mid 1950's. Portishead's original power station, which was completed in 1929, became known as Power Station A'. Portishead B was built on part of the Great Western Railway's original Portishead Railway Station, which was demolished and rebuilt closer to the centre. Portishead B had eight coal-fired and four oil-fired steam boilers. The power station closed in 1982, and the chimneys were demolished in 1992

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Medical Research Centre JLP01_11_60393_01

Glaxo Medical Research Centre, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire. An aerial view from the west showing the newly completed Glaxo Medical Research Centre in Stevenage.
This is a copy negative made by Laing in February 1996 from an original photograph, which was published in the September 1995 edition of Laing's monthly newsletter Team Spirit. LML Glaxo, Stevenage is recorded as the subject in the negative register. LML stands for Laing Management Ltd. The Medical Research Centre for the Glaxo Group was built by Laing-Morrison Knudsen in a joint venture between 1990-1995. Laing involvement came mainly from the Laing Management company. The site consists of a series of buildings including central plant, administration, chemistry, environmental protection unit, microbiology pilot plant and central research support facility

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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, looking north-east over the construction site for the Co-operative Insurance Society (CIS) Building, showing the construction of the ground floor slab over the deep basement section.
The caption beneath the corresponding print of this image reads: "Foreground columns ready to receive floor slab were built off an existing air raid shelter roof. Weitz G60 and Buildmaster Tower Cranes are in use over the deep basement and shelter roof sections respectively. Concrete mixing plant can be seen in the right of the photograph."

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