A view of construction at Sproughton Sugar Beet Factory, showing the elevator tower surrounded by scaffolding beside a warehouse, with crates or baskets in the foreground

Date:
28 Mar 1962
Location:
Sproughton Sugar Beet Factory, Sproughton, Babergh, Suffolk
Reference:
JLP01/08/062191
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

A sugar factory was built at Sproughton in around 1926. Construction of two silos built for the British Sugar Corporation began in November 1961 and were completed in 1962. The factory closed in 2001 and most buildings, except the silos, were demolished. Between December 2017 and February 2018 the four silos were demolished and the site was redeveloped as a business park.

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, 20th Century Factory, Construction