Title

Coventry Cathedral, Priory Street, Coventry, 26/04/1962. Creator: John Laing plc.

Caption

Looking up at a RAF Belvedere helicopter in the process of lowering the 80ft bronze spire on to the roof of Coventry Cathedral. The photograph was taken during 'Operation Rich Man' a joint project involving Royal Air Force staff and Laing staff. This involved a RAF Belvedere helicopter hoisting in to place the 80ft bronze spire on to the new cathedral. The part of the operation to lower the 1/2 ton cross that sits on top of the spire had to be postponed due to windy conditions.

Date

1962

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Reference

HRM21A84_297

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

78,5Mb (4,3Mb) / 17,5in x 17,4in / 5242 x 5231 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation building England carrying religious architecture flying country religion construction site British cathedral English church Christianity aircraft spire roof war building site location royal air force Armed Forces century Britain helicopter concept B&W Army warfare Air Force west midlands Sixties air Transport Architectural Feature Construction Industry black & white black and white B W 1960s 20th century Coventry Coventry Cathedral RAF TGN photograph Basil Spence Spence Basil Sir Basil Urwin Historic England John Laing plc Laing John plc Bristol Belvedere