Interior of Cammell Laird's boiler shop probably at the Tranmere Shipbuilding Yard, showing workmen drilling rivet holes on a ship's boiler

Date:
Mar 1914
Location:
Cammell Laird And Company Limited, Birkenhead, Wirral
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Tranmere Shipbuilding Yard, Birkenhead, Wirral
Reference:
BL22201/014
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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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

Photographer: Lemere, Henry Bedford: Bedford Lemere And Company

Keywords

Shipyard, Industrial Heritage