Engineering and Construction Collection (#3)

Concrete coating JLP01_10_16935
Fishbourne, Chichester, West Sussex. A worker carrying out guniting (spraying concrete) on the Southern gas pipeline

Mending a tractor JLP01_08_055062
A view of two Laing workers carrying out maintenance work on the rear right wheel of a Fordson Major Diesel Tractor

Teamwork JLP01_08_080287
Cromwell Tower, Silk Street, Barbican, City of London

Installing fermenting vessels JLP01_09_780534
Courage Brewery, Imperial Way, Worton Grange, Reading. A large Sparrows crane lifting one of the 20 tonne fermenting vessels into position at the new Courage Brewery site

Building a chimney JLP01_09_772198
Courage Brewery, Imperial Way, Worton Grange, Reading. A section of the 200ft tall chimney being raised by crane at the new Courage Brewery site

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

CIS Building Manchester JLP01_08_062064
CIS BUILDING, COOPERATIVE INSURANCE SOCIETY TOWER, MILLER STREET, MANCHESTER. Two Laing workers brushing mosaic tiling around CIS lettering on the service tower

Bottesford Airfield JLP01_08_087504
Bottesford Airfield, Bottesford, Melton, Leicestershire. A worker tightening bolts on a complex piece of pipework at the Bottesford pre-yield depot

Bottesford Airfield JLP01_08_087498
Bottesford Airfield, Bottesford, Melton, Leicestershire. The interior of a large corrugated steel fabrication shop at the Bottesford pre-yield depot, showing workers cutting and welding pipework

Blackbird Leys JLP01_08_069168
Sundew Close, Blackbird Leys, Oxford, Oxfordshire. A group of children playing on the grass infront of a row of terraced Easiform houses

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

Road construction 33592_029
Construction of the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Road Improvement Scheme, Brampton, Cambridgeshire, 2018. TL2069

Road construction 33592_028
Construction of the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Road Improvement Scheme, Cambridgeshire, near Offord Hill, 2018. TL2168

Rebuilding P_H00101_009
DOVER, KENT. A large group of Belgian labourers, working on behalf of the Ministry of Works and posing outside of reconstructed terraced housing, in Dover, Kent

Assembling a prefab P_H00043_005
Trowley Rise, Abbots Langley, Three Rivers, Hertfordshire

Clifton Suspension Bridge BB89_03974
CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE, Bristol. The bridge under construction. Work began on the bridge in 1836 under the supervision of Isambard Kingdom Brunel but stopped due to lack of funds

HS2 construction 33874_044
Heave cutting site in advance of HS2 construction, near Stoneton, Warwickshire, 2020

Suspended escalators JLP01_10_57115
3 Minster Court, Mincing Lane, City of London. Looking up through the central atrium of 3 Minster Court, showing the underside of the suspended escalators

Upgrading the line OP04913
A Star Class steam locomotive passing along part of the South Devon and Tavistock Railway

Preston Bus Station JLP01_08_082572
Preston Bus Station, Tithebarrn Street, Preston. End-on view showing the northern elevation with the car park decks protruding to either side. Photographed in October 1969; John Laing Collection

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

Railway works OP04912
Plymouth area. Renewal work being carried out on the girders and rail bearers of part of the South Devon and Tavistock Railway, using a mobile crane

Tate & Lyle Ltd Sugar Silo OP02541
Huskisson Dock, Regent Road, Liverpool. The Tate & Lyle Ltd Sugar Silo during construction. Photographed in November 1956 for Tate and Lyle - Tate and Lyle Collection

Laying a hollow pot floor, Lloyds Avenue, London BL19950A
8 LLOYDS AVENUE, City Of London. Construction workers laying a hollow pot reinforced concrete floor at number 8 Lloyds Avenue

Tyne Bridge under construction EPW019820
TYNE BRIDGE, Newcastle. Site of the new Tyne Bridge, photographed here in October 1927, a year before official opening of the bridge - the approaches are well underway

Excavating the Rotherhithe Tunnel BB99_06818
ROTHERHITHE TUNNEL, London

Stonehenge sarsen circle joints J050103
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire

Totnes Castle J910411
TOTNES CASTLE, Devon. Reconstruction drawing by Ivan Lapper showing the castle being rebuilt in stone in the 14th century

Canal workers N070949
STOURPORT, Worcestershire. Reconstruction drawing by Peter Dunn, English Heritage Graphics Team, showing workers building a canal c.1770

Odeon cinema construction BB87_03506
ODEON CINEMA, Leicester Square, London. A photograph taken by John Maltby on 11th June 1937 of the buiding works for the Odeon cinema on the site of the Alhambra Theatre

The Great Eastern BB88_06275
BLACKWALL, London. Isambard Kingdom Brunels steamship the " Great Eastern " under construction in 1857. Robert Howlett

Grimes Graves J940184
GRIMES GRAVES, Norfolk. 1994 cutaway reconstruction drawing of Prehistoric flint mining by Terry Ball (English Heritage Graphics Team). Recent evidence suggests that ladders may not have been used

Iron Bridge M040116
IRON BRIDGE, Shropshire. Detail of lettering on the famous cast iron bridge. Designed by Thomas Pritchard and built in 1779 by Abraham Darby III of the Coalbrookdale Company

Unloading a tractor JLP01_01_073_41
Berkeley Power Station, Berkeley, Ham And Stone, Gloucestershire. Tractor being unloaded by a 15 ton crane on the first day of the construction of Berkeley Nuclear Power Station

Building Vauxhall Bridge CVB01_01_01
Barges manoeuvring one of the steel arches which would form the new Vauxhall Bridge into place on the River Thames, London

Raising the devil JLP01_14_00036
St Michaels Cathedral, Coventry. View of Jacob Epsteins sculpture of the devil being hoisted into position 1961-2. John Laing Collection

Preston Bus Station JLP01_08_081453
Preston Bus Station, Tithebarrn Street, Preston. View of the car park decks and access ramp during construction. Photographed in June 1969; John Laing Collection

Preston Bus Station JLP01_08_081452
Preston Bus Station, Tithebarrn Street, Preston. View of the car park decks during construction. Photographed in June 1969; John Laing Collection

Preston Bus Station JLP01_08_081441
Preston Bus Station, Tithebarrn Street, Preston. The placement of a concrete beam during construction. Photographed in June 1969; John Laing Collection

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

Limehouse Basin lat01_001_01
Limehouse Basin, Tower Hamlets, London. Construction of the expanded Limehouse Basin in May 1869. Photographic print by Lucas and Tuck showing details of the work

Limehouse Basin lat01_001_02
Limehouse Basin, Tower Hamlets, London. Construction of the expanded Limehouse Basin in May 1869. Photographic print by Lucas and Tuck showing details of the work

Building the Bull Ring JLP01_14_00001
Bull Ring, Birmingham. The eastern side of the shopping centre development under construction. Photographed in June 1963

Building a refinery JLP01_12_030
Coryton Oil Refinery, Thurrock. Mobile crane and machinery during the construction. Photographed 1952-4

Building a factory JLP01_12_002
Patons And Baldwins Knitting Factory, Lingfield Close, Darlington. The partially completed factory showing a man working an excavator. Photographed 1949-50

Building the Indoor Arena JLP01_10_46035
National Indoor Arena, King Edwards Road, Birmingham. Construction in progress, photographed in July 1990

Building Eastgate JLP01_10_15970
Basildon, Essex. The Eastgate Centre under construction, photographed in April 1984. Two tower cranes are in place

Building a factory JLP01_12_034
View showing the construction of a factory for Adhesive Tapes Ltd with a dumper truck in John Laing livery in the foreground. Photographed 1950-1

Steam Turbine CC025365
Detail of a steam turbine. Photographed in around 1906 for the London Midland and Scottish Railway

Building Sizewell B JLP01_11_47189_01
Sizewell B Power Station, Leiston, Suffolk. View from a tower crane showing the John Laing construction site. Photographed in November 1990

Building Sizewell B JLP01_10_49276
Sizewell B Power Station, Leiston, Suffolk. John Laing construction works on the reactor containment building. Photographed in April 1991

Conveyor JLP01_10_00741
Fareham, Hampshire. The conveyor belt used to transport chalk during the construction of the M27

Helicopter and paver JLP01_10_00112
M1 construction. View of helicopter and paver used by John Laing during the construction of the M1 motorway. Photographed 1958-9

Power station construction JLP01_10_01234
Isle Of Grain, Medway. View of the Isle of Grain oil-fired power station under construction by John Laing. Photographed September 1973

Centre Court under construction BL26054_004
All England Lawn Tennis And Croquet Club, Church Road, Wimbledon, Greater London. The construction of tiered seating and the steel framework for the roof around Centre Court

Construction work, Picton Street, Camberwell JLP01_01_111_61
Picton Street, Camberwell, Southwark, London. Two men placing the first precast roof slab of the end bag on top of an eleven-storey block of flats with the Resident Engineer supervising operations

Liverpool wigwam EAW125048
Liverpool. The construction of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King. Photographed in April 1964. Aerofilms Collection

Transport routes 28351_020
Leeds and Liverpool Canal and River Aire, North Yorkshire. At this point the river is crossed by an aqueduct and a railway viaduct, while the canal is crossed by road and rail bridges

River defences JEH_22047_27
Phipps Bridge, North Somerset. Flood alleviation defences alongside the Congresbury Yeo River. Photographed during M5 construction work, November 1970. Jim Hancock Collection

Wind farm construction 27509_004
Harwich Harbour, Suffolk. Wind farm construction vessel en route to a wind turbine construction site

Festival of Britain a98_07001
South Bank Exhibition site, Lambeth, London. General view of the Dome of Discovery exhibition pavilionunder construction in Lambeth. It was designed by Ralph Tubb for the Festival of Britain in 1951

Festival of Britain OP04518
Festival of Britain, South Bank, Lambeth, London. The Dome of Discovery exhibition pavilion designed by Ralph Tubb, under construction. Photographed in 1950

Festival of Britain OP04517
Festival of Britain, South Bank, Lambeth, London. General view of the upstream section of the 1951 Festival of Britain site under construction. Photographed in December 1949

Inscribing a tablet IC048 / 064
Hadrians Wall. Reconstruction line drawing of a second-century Roman stonemason at work, creating an inscribed tablet. Based on tjhe tablet set into the wall of Coesike Turret. Drawn by Philip Corke

We built this IC048 / 063
Hadrians Wall. Reconstruction line drawing of two second-century Roman soldiers or Romano-British workers standing beside an inscribed building stone

Quarrying stone IC048 / 065
Hadrians Wall. Reconstruction line drawing of soldiers quarrying for stone. Location based on Walltown Craggs Turret. Drawn by Philip Corke. hadrian

Building Hadrians Wall IC048_066
Hadrians Wall. Reconstruction line drawing of soldiers working to build a turret on the Roman wall, in about 122AD. Based on Willowford East Turret (48a). Philip Corke. c.1985 - c.2000. hadrian

Great Eastern under construction AL0327_033_01
Millwall, London. Isambard Kingdom Brunels steamship Great Eastern, built between 1854 and 1858, was by far the largest ship of her time with a gross tonnage of 18, 915

Viking buildings J940007
Reconstruction drawing by Chris Evans, English Heritage Graphics Team, of the construction of a sunken-featured building, later 10th Century AD

Chesters Bridge Abutment N100475
HADRIANs WALL: CHESTERS BRIDGE ABUTMENT, Northumberland. View of the east abutment and the wall beyond

Raising a lintel, Stonehenge J050105
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Reconstruction drawing by Peter DUNN (English Heritage Graphics Team) showing the phases of raising a lintel to the top of two sarsens

Wembley under construction 1922 EPW008076
WEMBLEY STADIUM, London. Construction of the Empire Stadium for the British Empire Exhibition. Aerial photograph taken on 5th September 1922 (produced from a copy negative)

Barbican Centre N100535
BARBICAN CENTRE, London. View of the brutalist architecture of the Barbican and flats that surround the centre. Listed Grade II (NHLE 1352667)

Preston Bus Station FF003606
Preston Bus Station, Tithebarrn Street, Preston. Detail of the exterior facade featuring the upturned edges to the car park decks. Photographed in 2003

Barbican Estate EAW281182
The Barbican Estate, London. Photographed in August 1974. Aerofilms Collection

Coventry Cathedral DP164703
St Michaels Cathedral, Coventry, West Midlands. Both old and new Cathedrals as seen from University Square. General view from the east

Preston Bus Station DP143109
Preston Bus Station, Tithebarrn Street, Preston. General view illuminated at dusk, taken from Lords Walk in June 2011. Access ramps lead into the car park

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"

Stonehenge. Re-erection of Trilithon lintel in 1958 P50217
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Re-erection of Trilithon lintel 158 by the 60 ton Brabazon Crane, the larger of two cranes used to lift stones

Coventry Cathedral DP082268
Cathedral Church of St Michael, Priory Street, Coventry, Warwickshire. General view to show interior of nave

St Thomas Hospital JLP01_09_770296
ST THOMAS HOSPITAL, LAMBETH PALACE ROAD, LAMBETH, GREATER LONDON

Coventry Cathedral DP164705
St Michaels Cathedral, Coventry, West Midlands. Exterior, roof detail of the new Cathedral by Basil Spence from the south

Welbeck Street Car Par DP094113
Welbeck Street Car Park, Marylebone Lane, Westminster, London. Exterior, detail

Coventry Cathedral DP082327
Cathedral Church of St Michael, Priory Street, Coventry, Warwickshire. Chancel and tapestry by Graham Sutherland

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