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Cyclops Works, Sheffield BL22301_010Cammell Lairds Cyclops Ordnance Steel Tyre and Spring Works in Grimesthorpe, Sheffield. Men at work in the fettling shop, with huge components for ships
Steel production, Barnsley BL22301_002Cammell Laird & Co, Penistone. Men at work in Cammell Lairds bessemer department, producing steel from pig iron. One of a series of photographs of Cammell Laird works. Bedford Lemere. August 1913
Truck-mounted cranes JLP01_08_090873Grain 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
Pipeline JLP01_10_02606CUMBRIA. A view along the route of the Brampton pipeline, showing pipelaying equipment in the foreground lowering the pipeline into a trench
Pipelaying JLP01_08_076891NORFOLK. A pipelayer with a side boom and a team of workers laying a section of the Fens gas pipeline into a trench. Work on laying the Fens gas pipeline started in June 1967
Pipelaying JLP01_10_00159NORFOLK. 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
Delivering a dragline excavator JLP01_08_001556NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE. A Pickfords low loader transporting a W90 walking dragline excavator to Whitley Bay opencast coal site
Crane DP092097Westminster Abbey, Chapter House, Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London. General view of a construction crane against the skyline during restoration of the Chapter House
Scaffolding DP092099Westminster Abbey, Chapter House, Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London. General view looking up at silhouetted scaffolding against the wall of the Chapter House during restoration
Textile factory JLP01_08_044898PATONS AND BALDWINS KNITTING FACTORY, LINGFIELD CLOSE, DARLINGTON. Two women working machinery in the spinning shed at Patons and Baldwins knitting factory
Excavator and dump truck JLP01_08_059930STAFFORDSHIRE. A view of excavations being carried out on the route of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6), showing a excavator loading a dump truck with excavated material
M6 under construction JLP01_08_064257M6 Motorway, M6, Swynnerton, Stafford, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)
Pipeline JLP01_09_752704CUMBRIA. 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
Piling rig JLP01_01_167_47CORYTON 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_38CORYTON OIL REFINERY, THURROCK, ESSEX. Foundation work in progress for the Crude Distillation Unit at Coryton Oil Refinery
Green End Farm MCF01_02_0559Green End Farm, Green End, Radnage, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Barns and a horse drawn hay rake at Green End Farm
Transporter crane JLP01_10_05146aWESTWAY FLYOVER, A40, KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA, GREATER LONDON. The transporter crane lowering a deck unit of the Westway Flyover into place as it spans the railway near Westbourne Park Station
Transporter crane JLP01_10_00447WESTWAY FLYOVER, A40, KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA, GREATER LONDON. The transporter crane lowering a deck unit of the Westway Flyover into place as it spans Great Western Road
Radiography controls JLP01_08_069288West Cumberland Hospital, Homewood Road, Homewood, Whitehaven, Copeland, Cumbria. An x-ray room in the radiography department at West Cumberland Hospital showing the control booth
Platform lift JLP01_09_920288Vintners Place, Upper Thames Street, Queenhithe, City of London. A platform lift in the corridor leading to the galleria at Vintners Place
Perimeter JLP01_09_900349Vintners Place, Upper Thames Street, Queenhithe, City of London. A worker standing in front of the steel casing being driven into a bored pile at the Vintners Place construction site
Pile boring rig JLP01_09_900214Vintners Place, Upper Thames Street, Queenhithe, City of London. A pile boring rig in use at the Vintners Place construction site
Pile boring rig JLP01_09_900053Vintners Place, Upper Thames Street, Queenhithe, City of London. An excavator crane and a pile boring rig in use at the Vintners Place construction site
Piling JLP01_09_803281Unity House, Euston Road, Camden, Greater London. A Ruston Bucyrus 400SC driving expanded pile foundations during the construction of Unity House
Assembling steel frame JLP01_11_63516_05Stakis London Metropole Hotel, Edgware Road, City of Westminster, Greater London. A view from the base of a large crane during the construction of the steel frame of the extension to the Stakis
Drilling rig JLP01_08_066854aSt Pauls Cathedral, St Pauls Churchyard, City of London. A McKinney DAG 60 drilling rig in operation during the construction of the Paternoster development
Tower cranes JLP01_08_085119ST THOMAS HOSPITAL, LAMBETH PALACE ROAD, LAMBETH, GREATER LONDON. Cranes at St Thomas Hospital during the construction of new blocks
Drilling rig JLP01_08_061509SEVERN BRIDGE, M48, AUST, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Laing workers using a truck-mounted drilling rig on the temporary pontoons at the site of the foundations for the Beachley tower of the Severn Bridge
Textile factory JLP01_08_044897PATONS AND BALDWINS KNITTING FACTORY, LINGFIELD CLOSE, DARLINGTON. Rows of spinning machinery in the spinning shed at Patons and Baldwins knitting factory
Derrick cranes JLP01_01_007_21FILTON AIRFIELD, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE. An aerial view showing derrick cranes and a concrete batching plant amid heaps of aggregate at Filton Airfield, during the construction of a new runway
Compacting machinery JLP01_01_006_44FILTON AIRFIELD, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE. A 10 ton rubber tyred wobble wheel roller, pulled by a caterpillar tractor, compacting ground during the construction of a new runway at Filton Airfield
Sheepsfoot roller JLP01_01_006_42FILTON AIRFIELD, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE. A sheepsfoot roller carrying out compaction work during the construction of the runway at Filton
Refuelling JLP01_01_004_73FILTON AIRFIELD, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE. A Laing face shovel excavator refuelling from a 750 gallon tanker at Filton Airfield during the construction of a new runway
Waste metal DP086001EMR Swindon Scrap Metal Yard, Gipsy Lane, Swindon. General view of the scrap yard, with a material handling machine at work on top of a pile of waste metal and scrapped vehicles
Angle grader JLP01_08_081817SOUTH LAKELAND, CUMBRIA. A view of the construction of the M6 Motorway through the Lune Gorge, showing an angle grader at work on the motorway with a Laing worker standing at the controls
Earthmoving JLP01_08_069478South Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Midland Link Motorway, between Junction 13 and Junction 11 of the M6, showing earthmoving vehicles working on a section of the motorway
Chipping spreader JLP01_08_063668STAFFORDSHIRE. A close-up of a chipping spreader in operation during the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)
Subsurfacing JLP01_08_062547Stafford, Staffordshire. " A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6), showing a team of workers laying a concrete bound granular base course on Section B of
Subsurfacing JLP01_08_060686Stafford, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6), showing a team of workers laying dry lean concrete to the north of the Section B office
Subsurfacing JLP01_08_060685Stafford, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6), showing a team of workers laying dry lean concrete to the north of the Section B office
Narrow gauge JLP01_08_059840STAFFORDSHIRE. A view of the construction of a structure, probably on Section B of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6), showing an engine on a narrow gauge railway
Compacting JLP01_01_172_141STAFFORDSHIRE. A worker driving a Stothert & Pitt Vibroll 32R Mk1 machine, a vibrating roller used to compact roads, seen during the construction of the Staffordshire section of the Birmingham to
Marginal haunches JLP01_01_172_037Stafford, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of marginal haunches on Section B of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6) at chainage 3, 000 of the southbound carriageway
Reshaping the land JLP01_08_008795Whitley Bay Golf Course, Whitley Bay, NORTH TYNESIDE. A view of scrapers at work during the restoration of Whitley Bay Golf Course, following the completion of opencast mining on the site
Reshaping the land JLP01_08_008791Whitley Bay Golf Course, Whitley Bay, NORTH TYNESIDE. A view of scrapers at work on a spoil heap during the restoration of Whitley Bay Golf Course
Cold store JLP01_08_058799aWALLs ICE CREAM FACTORY, GLOUCESTER, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. A man operating a forklift to move a crate of metal containers in the cold store of the Walls Ice Cream Factory
Skidding oil tanks JLP01_08_022844STANLOW OIL REFINERY, STANLOW, ELLESMERE PORT, CHESHIRE. An oil tank being skidded along tracks by two Caterpillar D8 tractors fitted with winches at Stanlow Oil Refinery
Low loader JLP01_08_001557Tyne Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne. A Pickfords low loader transporting a W90 walking dragline excavator across the Tyne Bridge on its journey to Whitley Bay opencast coal site
Deck launch gantry JLP01_60010_03Second 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
Bridge deck JLP01_60009_12Second Severn Crossing, M4 Motorway, New Passage, Pilning and Severn Beach, South Gloucestershire. A Blaw-Knox asphalt paver laying asphalt on the deck of the bridge during the construction of
Deck launch gantry JLP01_11_60006_03Second Severn Crossing, M4 Motorway, New Passage, Pilning and Severn Beach, South Gloucestershire. A view of bridge deck units being installed during the construction of the Second Severn Crossing
Deck launch gantry JLP01_11_60005_08Second 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_03Second 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_56739Second Severn Crossing, M4 Motorway, New Passage, Pilning and Severn Beach, South Gloucestershire. Robert Key, Transport Minister
Deck launch gantry JLP01_10_57949Second 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_57844Second 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_49SHELL 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
Excavation JLP01_01_172_067M6 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_58M6 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_060498M6 Motorway, M6, Hyde Lea, Stafford, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)
Keele cutting JLP01_08_059934M6 Motorway, M6, Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)
Pipelaying JLP01_08_076876NORFOLK. 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_044355ICI 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_34A 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_20A 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_078138EDEN, 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_055058A 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_53A 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_03787CUMBRIA. A helicopter flying over a row of Caterpillar pipelayers during the installation of the Brampton pipeline. In 1975
Eggborough Power Station JLP01_08_075183aEGGBOROUGH 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_054189GREATGATE 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_054186GREATGATE QUARRY, CROXDEN, EAST STAFFORDSHIRE. A view over Park Quarry in Great Gate showing workers quarrying sandstone for the construction of Coventry Cathedral
Cutting reinforcing rods JLP01_065_33CORYTON 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_009Cammell 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
