Title
A row of Caterpillar 583 pipelayers with side booms, lifting the Fens gas pipeline, Norfolk, 08/1967 Creator: John Laing plc.
Caption
A row of Caterpillar 583 pipelayers with side booms, lifting the Fens gas pipeline into a recently dug trench. Work on laying the Fens gas pipeline started in June 1967 and was a joint venture between Laing Civil Engineering and French companies Entrepose and Grands Travaux de Marseille (GTM) for the Gas Council. Over 600 men worked on the project to lay 36 inch diameter steel pipes starting at West Winch in Norfolk and running to where it linked up with the next contract at Woodcroft Castle in Cambridgeshire. The pipeline crossed four rivers and numerous dykes and ditches.
Date
1967
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England
Reference
HRM21A84_400
Model release
No
Property release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
101,7Mb (3,5Mb) / 22,5in x 17,5in / 6764 x 5253 (300dpi)