Title

Plymouth Wharf, City of Plymouth, 04/05/1953. Creator: John Laing plc.

Caption

Workers climbing the ladder of a Menck piling frame during construction of a coaling wharf for Plymouth 'B' Power Station. This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.

Date

1953

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Reference

HRM21A84_057

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

73,4Mb (2,9Mb) / 16,8in x 17,0in / 5040 x 5088 (300dpi)

Keywords

height building England people male work job man men engineering industry country climbing guy occupation British English high devon industrial wharf docks dock location infrastructure century Britain profession ladder construction worker concept power station civil engineering B&W Plymouth fifties 1950s Construction Industry black & white black and white B W 20th century decade TGN working photograph Historic England John Laing plc Laing John plc piling frame