Title

Ford Motor Company Works, Thames Foundry, Dagenham, Havering, GLA, 30/05/1956. Creator: John Laing plc.

Caption

A view of the new foundry under construction at the Ford Motor Company Works, showing a team of men working on a typical section of steel reinforcement being fixed for the columns and beams of the first floor. This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.

Date

1956

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Reference

HRM21A84_102

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

129,2Mb (3,8Mb) / 24,5in x 20,5in / 7339 x 6151 (300dpi)

Keywords

building London England people male work job man men industry worker country metal construction construction site steel guy occupation British crane cranes English industrial factory building site location century Britain profession construction worker company concept B&W foundry fifties 1950s Construction Industry black & white black and white B W 20th century Ford Motor Company workers Barking & Dagenham Dagenham decade reinforcements TGN working photograph Historic England John Laing plc Laing John plc