A Laing worker loading a wheelbarrow with concrete during the construction of sugar silos at Bardney Sugar Factory

Date:
early 1956
Location:
Bardney Sugar Factory, Bardney, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire
Reference:
JLP01/08/045663
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

Two sugar silos were built by Laing for the British Sugar Corporation Limited at the Bardney Sugar Factory. The prestressed post-tensioned concrete silos were made with sliding formwork using hydraulic climbing jacks.

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 Series: JLP01/08 John Laing Photographic Collection Black And White Negatives; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive. John Laing Photographic Collection

Keywords

Mid 20th Century Sugar Silo, Construction, People At Work