Volume: Miscellaneous Research and Development projects from Laing and associated companies
- Date:
- 1950 - 1975
- Reference:
- JLP01/20/017
- Type:
- Volume containing Photographic material
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Description
Box of 14 packets, containing 346 prints, showing Laing research and development work from the 1950s to the 1970s, with work and projects by associated companies, and including views of:
- Laingspan beams being tested and used in the construction of buildings; - various new Laing road-making and building construction processes in development and use; - the erection and use of an inflatable Barracuda Air House at Laing's Mill Hill site in 1967; - testing work taking place in Laing's Structure Laboratory and Blister Hanger, including views of the Digital Measurements computing machine; - the work of Ground Engineering Ltd, including: strengthening the walls of the original Coventry Cathedral; off-shore drilling at Hunterstone, Ayrshire; angle-drilling at Blanaeu Ffestiniog; and sandstone bursting in Manchester; - the work of Dust Suppression Ltd, showing views of its proportioner equipment, before-and-after views of its work with various coal hoppers, docks, and quarries, and installations for British Rail in Peterborough, the Distillers' Company, and Rowley Regis granite quarry; - interior and exterior views of Thermalite factories in Birmingham, Agecroft (Manchester), Drakelow (Burton on Trent) and Reading; - the work of McKinney Foundations Ltd, showing general views of pile-driving and boring machines, with one view of operations on the Nutthall estate, Sandhurst; - Lytag cladding projects at 409 Kennington Park Road, London; Guy's Hospital; Cringle Dock Refuse Plant; Sainsbury's Warehouse, Buntingford; Roxburgh County Buildings, Newtown St Boswells, Scotland; and Doncaster Racecourse; with interior and exterior views of Lytag factories in Rugeley and Tilbury; - buildings utilising Laingwall panels, including a switch house at Southampton power station; the Laing Research and Development Centre at Borehamwood; and the Smithfield Market site building in Shrewsbury; - the Laing Research and Development Centre at Borehamwood under construction and after completion, along with views of a project team in conference and a man clearing snow from the grounds; - the Laing Safety Department Mobile Exhibition.
A detailed list is available.
Content
This is part of the Series: JLP01/20 John Laing Photographic Collection Miscellaneous Prints Folders; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection
This Volume contains the following materials:
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