Title

Barbican, City of London, Greater London Authority, 26/10/1964. Creator: John Laing plc.

Caption

A worker operating a pile drilling machine during foundation work on Phase IV of the Barbican development. The negative register records 'McKinney at Barbican, J. Mowlems site' for this image. McKinney Foundations Limited carried out the pile driving operation on the Phase IV contract; the area behind the Barbican centre. The Phase IV contract was awarded to Myton, a subsidiary of Taylor Woodrow, however a seperate contract for clearing and pile work on this section was given to Mowlem.

Date

1964

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Reference

HRM21A84_356

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

83,1Mb (4,4Mb) / 18,0in x 18,0in / 5389 x 5387 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation building England people male vehicle job man men industry country construction construction site guy occupation Earth British English industrial machine machinery building site location century city of london estate Britain profession drilling construction worker company barbican B&W Sixties Construction Industry black & white black and white B W 1960s 20th century TGN photograph Barbican Estate Historic England John Laing plc Laing John plc Mckinney Foundations Ltd Mowlem pile boring