A view looking south from a Weitz G.60 tower crane on the construction site of the Co-operative Society CIS/CWS Buildings, showing High Street and the surrounding area

Date:
7 Jun 1961
Location:
Cis Building, Cooperative Insurance Society Tower, Miller Street, Manchester
Reference:
JLP01/01/126/29
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

In 1959, the Laing Company began work on the construction of two office blocks for the Co-operative Society in Manchester. The Co-operative Insurance Society (CIS) tower was over 350ft high when completed in 1962, and was the tallest office block in the country at the time. On an adjacent site, a smaller 14-storey high office block for the Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS) was constructed simultaneously.

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: JLP01/01/126 Construction of office tower block for the Co-operative Insurance Society (CIS/CWS), Miller Street, Manchester; 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 Tower Block, Urban Landscape, Construction