Two welders at work on the Rugby gas pipeline

Date:
late 1968 - early 1969
Location:
Rugby, Warwickshire
Reference:
JLP01/08/080354
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

This pipeline was part of a pipeline carrying North Sea natural gas from the Norfolk coast to the Rugby area where it was connected with an existing natural gas pipeline supplying eight of Britain's area gas boards. The work was carried out by Laing Civil Engineering along with French companies Entrepose and Grands Travaux de Marseille (GTM).

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

Late 20th Century Pipeline, People At Work, Engineering