Exterior view of the Northern Aluminium Company works during construction, showing the steel frames manufactured by Banister, Walton and Co Ltd, with two workmen by the rail track in the foreground

Date:
Dec 1930
Location:
Northern Aluminium Company Manufacturing Works, Hardwick Hill, Banbury, Cherwell, Oxfordshire
Reference:
BWS01/01/25
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

The Northern Aluminium Company (NAC) opened its site north of Banbury in 1931. The factory and its gates were designed by Wallis Gilbert and Partners, whose listed work includes the Hoover Factory, Ealing (Grade II*). The buildings initially consisted of a remelt shop and a rolling mill, the latter facing onto a railway line. The original plans allowed for the expansion of the site, and between 1935 and 1938 the site grew to almost its present size.

Content

This is part of the Volume: BWS01/01 Banister, Walton And Co Ltd Steel Frame Buildings Photograph Album; within the Collection: BWS01 Banister Walton Steel Frame Buildings

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Early 20th Century Aluminium Works, Construction, Engineering, People At Work