Volume: Ministry of Works, Hitchens Steel Core Housing

Description

A collection of 2 black and white negatives, showing the construction of Hitchens Steel Core Housing. The Temporary Housing Act of 1944/5 was intended to alleviate the acute housing shortages of the immediate postwar years. The Ministry of Works was the government department tasked with the organisation and efficiency of the push for housing construction. The housing that was built took on a number of forms and styles, including the use of precast concrete and traditional materials such as brick.

One of the images has been catalogued and scanned as part of a 2019 project.

The original Ministry of Works storage envelope for these negatives lists the operator as "W".

Content

This is part of the Sub Series: PSA01/04/H Housing; within the Series: PSA01/04 Negatives; within the Collection: PSA01 Property Services Agency

This Volume contains the following materials:

Photograph (Negative): 2

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive