Engineering Collection

South Shields Shipyard EAW008937
The Middle Docks & Engineering Company Ltd Ship Repair Yard at Middle Docks, South Shields. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in August 1947

North Shields Docks EAW005502
Smiths Docks, the Bull Ring Graving Docks and the Albert Edward Dock, North Shields. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in May 1947

Wellington Inn on stilts OP05766
Old Wellington Inn, Old Shambles, Manchester. Exterior view of the Wellington Inn, Old Shambles, shown during the extensive surrounding building works, November 1971

Spaghetti Junction EAW220279
Gravelly Hills Interchange, Birmingham. Junction 6 on the M6 motorway meets the A38 and A5127 in a complex known as " Spaghetti Junction"

Building Rotherhithe Tunnel BB99_06817
Rotherhithe Tunnel, Rotherhithe, Southwark, London. The south entrance to the Rotherhithe Tunnel during construction

Shipyard at Birkenhead EAW030649
The Cammell Laird Shipbuilding and Engineering Works, Birkenhead. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in June 1950

Tyne shipyard EAW010662
The Neptune Shipyard on the River Tyne, Walker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, from the east. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in September 1947

Clifton Suspension Bridge JRU01_01_225
CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE, CLIFTON, CITY OF BRISTOL. Clifton Suspension Bridge, viewed from the north

Traction Engine BAR03_01_030
A steam traction engine being inspected by members of the public, during an event in the grounds of Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire in 1956

Moving the earth JLP01_10_00113
John Laing excavators and other plant at work during the construction of the M1 motorway. Photographed 1958-9

Reactor dome JLP01_11_54331_12
SIZEWELL B POWER STATION, LEISTON, SUFFOLK COASTAL

Fens gas pipeline JLP01_08_077175
CAMBRIDGESHIRE. A view of the Fens gas pipeline during installation from across the Great Ouse Relief Channel

Pipeline JLP01_10_02619
CUMBRIA. A view along the route of the Brampton pipeline, showing the pipe at a 45 degree angle in the foreground, where it meets a slope

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

Sizewell A and foundations of Sizewell B JLP01_11_35184_02
SIZEWELL B POWER STATION, LEISTON, SUFFOLK COASTAL. A view of the reactor building under construction at Sizewell B Nuclear Power Station, with Sizewell A visible in the background

Pipeline JLP01_10_02606
CUMBRIA. A view along the route of the Brampton pipeline, showing pipelaying equipment in the foreground lowering the pipeline into a trench

Barton Swing Aqueduct a98_05171
Boats on the Barton Swing Aqueduct, carrying the Bridgewater Canal over the Manchester Ship Canal. Trafford, Greater Manchester. Photographed by Eric de Mare sometime in the 1950s

Barrow-in-Furness EAW019736
SS Himalaya moored in Buccleuch Dock, St Georges Square and the town, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in October 1948

Wearside shipyard EAW001030
The River Wear, the Deptford Shipbuilding Yard and the residential area at Monkwearmouth, Sunderland. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in June 1946

Oil rig on the move JLP01_10_01584_6
Graythorp Dry Dock, Hartlepool. The Graythorp basin flooded and the dock gates removed for float out of oil platform

Portishead B Power Station JLP01_10_05338
Portishead B Power Station, North Somerset. Although this photograph was created in around 1978 for John Laing, it is possibly a copy of an earlier colour image

Preston Bypass EAW073974
Preston Bypass, Lancashire. Britains first motorway under construction, photographed in November 1958. It was opened by Harold MacMillan in December

Birmingham Maglev JLP01_09_832036
Birmingham International Airport, Elmdon, Birmingham, Bickenhill, Solihull, West Midlands

Roof for Watneys JLP01_08_081875
Watney Mann Brewery, St Johns Road, Isleworth, Hounslow, Greater London. An interior view during the construction of the new bottling hall at Watneys new brewery

Thrust boring JLP01_08_077158
NORFOLK. A view of thrust boring being carried out during the installation of the Fens gas pipeline

Gas pipeline JLP01_08_076813
NORFOLK. A view of the Fens gas pipeline, showing protective canopies located at joints along the pipe where sub welds were carried out

Pipelaying JLP01_10_00159
NORFOLK. A row of Caterpillar 583 pipelayers with side booms, lifting the Fens gas pipeline into a recently dug trench

Arrol Gantry, Belfast BL20480
The Arrol Gantry and crane at Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries shipyard on Queens Island, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Crewe Locomotive Works OP03596
Crewe Locomotive Works, Forge Street, Crewe, Cheshire. Pouring molten metal into moulds to cast chairs. From the L G Fisher Collection, photographed in 1910

Building Rotherhithe Tunnel BB99_06816
Rotherhithe Tunnel, Shadwell, London. A view of the bulkhead from inside during construction

Baltimore Tower under construction 29227_029
Baltimore Tower, Isle of Dogs, Tower Hamlets, London. The tower under construction in March 2015. The design has been nicknamed The Slinky

Concrete train JLP01_10_01813
Hampshire. A John Laing concrete train constructing a section of the M27 motorway. Photographed in October 1974

Motorway junction JEH_22028_89
Almondsbury, Bristol. At the Almondsbury Interchange (Junction 15 on the M5 and Junction 20 on the M4) the M4 is carried over the M5

Cast iron tunnel lining MTA01_01_16
QUEENSWAY TUNNEL, LIVERPOOL, Merseyside. A man at work on the construction of the Queensway Tunnel, showing the cast iron lining in the under-river section of the main tunnel

Clock mechanism DP249078
University of Birmingham, Chamberlain Tower, University Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham. Detail of the clock mechanism inside the campanile clock tower

Crossing a canal JLP01_08_084424
STAFFORDSHIRE. A sheet pile cofferdam being constructed across a canal on the route of the Barlaston pipeline, as a narrow boat passes by

Reactor building JLP01_11_53921_06
SIZEWELL B POWER STATION, LEISTON, SUFFOLK COASTAL. Laing workers concreting the top of the reactor dome during the construction of Sizewell B Nuclear Power Station

Demolition and clearance JLP01_065_17
CORYTON OIL REFINERY, THURROCK, ESSEX. The demolition of a chimney stack belonging to a derelict boiler house, during site preparation work for the construction of Coryton Oil Refinery

Pipelaying JLP01_08_076891
NORFOLK. A pipelayer with a side boom and a team of workers laying a section of the Fens gas pipeline into a trench

Welding JLP01_08_076889
NORFOLK. A view of welding taking place along the Fens gas pipeline, showing a protective canopy erected to cover two sections of pipe being welded together

Wrapping and sealing JLP01_08_076816
NORFOLK. A team of workers wrapping and sealing the end of a steel pipe on the Fens gas pipeline

Pneumatic clamp JLP01_08_076807
NORFOLK. A team of men working on the lining up operation of the Fens gas pipeline, showing the internal pneumatic clamp for locking steel pipes together

Regents Park Mosque JLP01_10_04302
The Islamic Cultural Centre and The London Central Mosque, 146 Park Road, Regents Park, Westminster, London. A crane ready to lift the crescent to the top of the golden dome during construction

Oil rig on the move JLP01_10_01378
Graythorp Dry Dock, Hartlepool. Oil platform being moved on caterpillar wheels. Photographed in 1974

Derwent Dam, Derbyshire 34261_037
Derwent Dam with low water levels during a period of dry weather, Derbyshire, 2022

Engineering and Wallpaper Works app_22790_200
Nelson Drive, the Royles Ltd Engineering Works and Kinder and Co Wallpaper Works, Irlam, c.1930s. Aerial view, photographed by Arthur William Hobart. Air Pictures Portleven Collection

Widnes And Runcorn Transporter Bridge AA55_04292
Widnes And Runcorn Transporter Bridge, Widnes, Halton. A view of the Widnes - Runcorn Transporter Bridge, showing vehicles on the moving platform, early 1950s

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

Flying Boat JRU01_01_109
TOWER BRIDGE, TOWER HILL, TOWER HAMLETS, GREATER LONDON. A Short Sunderland flying boat on the River Thames at Tower Bridge, with the bridge in the background, during the Battle of Britain Week

Mersey Gateway Bridge 33146_037
Construction for the Mersey Gateway Bridge, Halton, Cheshire. This toll bridge crosses the Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal from Runcorn to Widnes

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

Anderton Boat Lift a99_09245
ANDERTON BOAT LIFT, Cheshire. Floodlit night view from the west. The Boat Lift opened in 1875. It was built to transfer canal boats between the River Weaver Navigation and the Trent & Mersey Canal

Constructing the Mersey tunnel MTA01_02_03
MERSEY TUNNEL, LIVERPOOL, Merseyside. Men working on the construction of the Queensway Tunnel, showing the section beneath Neptune Yard. The print is annotated: Contract No. 3, and Rendel St Line

Experimental roadway MTA01_01_05
QUEENSWAY TUNNEL, LIVERPOOL, Merseyside. Two men working on the construction of an experimental length of roadway in the Queensway Tunnel. The print is annotated: Contract No

Restoring Gorhambury 33904_030
Renovation works at Gorhambury House, Hertfordshire, 2020

Manchester Central Public Library BWS01_01_43
Central Public Library, St Peters Square, Manchester

Steep climb JLP01_08_084446
STAFFORDSHIRE. A team of men installing the Barlaston pipeline against a steep and unstable embankment beside the A34 dual carriageway

Steep climb JLP01_08_084445
STAFFORDSHIRE. A view of the work being carried out to install the Barlaston pipeline against a steep and unstable embankment beside the A34 dual carriageway

Working on the reactor dome JLP01_11_54002_12
SIZEWELL B POWER STATION, LEISTON, SUFFOLK COASTAL

Reactor building JLP01_11_42553_06
SIZEWELL B POWER STATION, LEISTON, SUFFOLK COASTAL. Men working on the construction of the reactors auxiliary building at Sizewell B Nuclear Power Station

Reactor containment building JLP01_11_42552_05
SIZEWELL B POWER STATION, LEISTON, SUFFOLK COASTAL. A view from a tower crane showing the reactor containment building during construction at Sizewell B Nuclear Power Station

Steel liner for the dome JLP01_10_49262
SIZEWELL B POWER STATION, LEISTON, SUFFOLK COASTAL

Pipe welders JLP01_08_080354
RUGBY, WARWICKSHIRE. Two welders at work on the Rugby gas pipeline

Pipelaying JLP01_08_077164
NORFOLK. The Fens gas pipeline being lifted by a row of Caterpillar 583 pipelayers, with two workers crouched at one end of the pipe

Pneumatic clamp JLP01_10_09124
LINCOLNSHIRE. A team of men joining two steel pipes together on the Martin pipeline, showing the internal pneumatic clamp for locking the pipes together

Pipeline installation JLP01_10_09476
LINCOLNSHIRE. A view of the installation of the Martin pipeline, showing two protective canopies being lowered into position so that welding can be carried out

Welding JLP01_10_09121a
LINCOLNSHIRE. A team of welders working on the Martin pipeline, operating an automatic hot pass welding bug

Oil platform JLP01_09_752243
Graythorp, Hartlepool. A view of the oil platform Graythorp II being floated away from Graythorp, on its journey along the Seaton Channel towards the North Sea

Cranes JLP01_08_096485
Graythorp, Hartlepool. A view of the construction of an oil platform at Graythorp, showing cranes around the emerging structure

Cranes JLP01_08_093454
Graythorp, Hartlepool. A view of cranes in operation at Graythorp

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

Pipeline JLP01_10_02617
CUMBRIA. Welders at work on the Brampton pipeline. In 1975, Laing Pipelines laid the Brampton gas pipeline between Longtown near Carlisle to the east of Bishop Auckland

Pipeline JLP01_09_752704
CUMBRIA. A view of pipelaying equipment lowering the Brampton pipeline into a trench

Felsted sugar silo JLP01_08_097848
Felsted Beet Sugar Factory, Flitch Green, Uttlesford, Essex

Opening of Coryton Refinery JLP01_08_021310
CORYTON OIL REFINERY, THURROCK, ESSEX

Opening of Coryton Refinery JLP01_08_021308
CORYTON OIL REFINERY, THURROCK, ESSEX. Mrs J. W

Coryton Refinery control room JLP01_08_020884a
CORYTON OIL REFINERY, THURROCK, ESSEX. A worker operating the control board in the control room of the Air-Lift Thermofor Catalytic Cracking Unit at Coryton Oil Refinery

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

Piling foundations JLP01_01_167_38
CORYTON OIL REFINERY, THURROCK, ESSEX

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

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

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