The Distillers Company awarded a contract to Laing Management Contracting to build a bottling plant at Basildon. Work on the bottling plant started in 1981 and the site was opened in 1983. It included a bottling hall, vat area for the storing and compounding of gin, a five-storey office block, workers' welfare area and canteen. The factory subsequently closed in 2000.
This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.
This is part of the Series: JLP01/10 John Laing Photographic Collection Colour Negatives And Transparencies; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection
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Late 20th Century Bottling Plant, Aerial View