A collection of 8 black and white negatives, showing a variety of different K.B. Plumbing Units. All of the images are taken outside of a Ministry of Works storage depot in Neasden, London. The images are representative of the type of technology that was to be installed into postwar Ministry of Works housing. The Ministry of Works was the government department tasked with the organisation and efficiency of the push for postwar housing construction. The images probably show the standardised back-boiler, or Kitchen/Bathroom (K.B.) Unit that was installed within modular prefabricated housing between the bathroom and kitchen. These boilers economised space and limited the use of extensive plumbing and pipework.
All of the 8 images were catalogued and digitised as part of a 2019 project.
The original Ministry of Works storage envelope lists the division as D.D.T.H. and the operator as “E”.
This is part of the Sub Series: PSA01/04/H Housing; within the Series: PSA01/04 Negatives; within the Collection: PSA01 Property Services Agency
Source: Historic England Archive
Boiler, Mid 20th Century Prefabricated House
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