A view of men working in the Engineers' and Electricians' Workshop of the Wall's Ice Cream Factory during construction

Date:
27 Apr 1960
Location:
Wall's Ice Cream Factory, Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/042/40
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

Work began in February 1959 on a new factory for T. Walls and Sons Limited on a 30 acre site at Barnwood. The £2 million project comprised buildings including the production block, workshops, offices, a canteen, boiler house, cold store, water tower, and engineers' shop. The caption below this photograph reads: "WALLS FACTORY, GLOUCESTER. Engineers and Electricians Workshop on the 1st Floor of the Production Building (looking north east)."

This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.

Content

This is part of the Volume: JLP01/01/042 Wall's ice cream factory, Gloucester; within the Series: JLP01/01 John Laing Photographic Collection Project Albums; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive. John Laing Photographic Collection

Keywords

Mid 20th Century Factory, Mid 20th Century Food Processing Plant, Construction, People At Work