During the Second World War, John Laing & Son Ltd had built some of the floating caissons for the Mulberry harbour which were used in the D-day landings. This 4,200 ton concrete water intake caisson was built along the lines of the Mulberry harbour and was towed 8 miles down the Thames from Tilbury Dock to be installed as part of Coryton Oil Refinery on the 14th March 1952. It was built between 1951 and 1952. For photographs of its construction see photograph albums JLP01/01/063 - JLP01/01/064.
This image was catalogued in 2013 as part of a pilot project funded by the John Laing Charitable Trust.
This is part of the Series: JLP01/12 John Laing Photographic Collection Colour Transparencies; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection
Source: Historic England Archive
Mid 20th Century Oil Refinery
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