A large Sparrows crane lifting one of the 20 tonne fermenting vessels into position at the new Courage Brewery site

Date:
8 Mar 1978
Location:
Courage Brewery, Imperial Way, Worton Grange, Reading
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Berkshire Brewery, Imperial Way, Worton Grange, Reading
Reference:
JLP01/09/780534
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

Each of these vessels has a 1,550 barrel capacity, the equivalent of 466,400 pints. There were 22 of this size installed plus 2 smaller vessels in the fermentation block altogether.

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: JLP01/09 John Laing Photographic Collection Black and White Negatives 1974-1994; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive. John Laing Photographic Collection

Keywords

Late 20th Century Brewery, Construction, People At Work