An interior view of the Thames Foundry at the Ford Motor Company Works, showing part of the fettling area

Date:
Apr 1958
Location:
Ford Motor Company Works, Thames Foundry, Dagenham, Havering, Greater London Authority
Reference:
JLP01/01/049/17
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

The foundry opened in 1957 and cost £7.5 million to build. The building was a two-storey reinforced concrete structure, almost a quarter of a mile in length. The new facilities included kitchens and a canteen, toilet accommodation, a medical centre and a compressor house. There was also an ancillary building, 700 ft in length, roads to the site, a settling tank and ponds. It later closed in 1984.

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: JLP01/01/049 Factory for Ford Motor Company Ltd, Dagenham; 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 Car Factory, Mid 20th Century Foundry