The interior of Cammell Laird's engine erecting shop probably at the Tranmere Shipbuilding Yard, showing rails running along the length of the building and men operating machinery

Date:
Mar 1914
Location:
Cammell Laird And Company Limited, Birkenhead, Wirral
Reference:
BL22201/013
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
Not what you're looking for? Try a new search

Description

Cammell Laird and Co Ltd, one of the most recognisable names in British shipbuilding, was formed by the merger of Laird, Son and Co. of Birkenhead and Cammell and Co. of Sheffield, at the turn of the 20th century. According to the Bedford Lemere daybook this photograph was commissioned by 'Cammell & Engineering', possibly a reference to Engineering Magazine.

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series of photographic negatives and prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Client: Engineering

Client: Cammell Laird And Company Limited

Photographer: Lemere, Henry Bedford: Bedford Lemere And Company

Keywords

Shipyard, Industrial Heritage