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Coryton Refinery flood defences JLP01_08_020888

Coryton Refinery flood defences JLP01_08_020888



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Coryton Refinery flood defences JLP01_08_020888

CORYTON OIL REFINERY, THURROCK, ESSEX. Workers constructing a protective wall of precast concrete blocks at Coryton Oil Refinery, as part of extensive flood prevention work at the site.
On the night of Saturday 31st January through to the morning of Sunday 1st February 1953, severe floods struck parts of the UK, Scotland, Belgium and the Netherlands. The natural disaster is often referred to as the North Sea Flood of 1953. Severe flooding occurred along the east coast of the UK. The site of Coryton Oil Refinery flooded as the river wall protecting the site was breached in 14 places. An article detailing the disaster and subsequent recovery operation was published in the March 1953 edition of Laings monthly newsletter; Team Spirit. A programme of extensive sea and river defence works was carried out following the flooding

Media ID 23852004

© Historic England Archive. John Laing Photographic Collection

1950s Construction Engineering Industry Oil Refinery People Work

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