A Broom & Wade portable compressor being used by workmen digging up the road with pneumatic drills on Albert Road

Date:
1927
Location:
Albert Road, Regent's Park, City Of Westminster, Greater London Authority, Nw8
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Prince Albert Road, Regent's Park, City Of Westminster, Greater London Authority, Nw8
Reference:
BL28887
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

Albert Road was subsequently renamed Prince Albert Road. The park in the background is Primrose Hill, with the chimney of Barrow Hill Reservoir just visible on the left behind trees. The photograph was taken for the manufacturers of the portable compressor, Broom & Wade, mechanical engineers.

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

Keywords

Road, Early 20th Century Machinery, People At Work