Title

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Fulham Road, Kensington and Chelsea, London, 13/05/1993. Creator: John Laing plc.

Caption

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Fulham Road, Kensington and Chelsea, London, 13/05/1993. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II signing the visitors book at the official opening of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, as a group of guests watch. Sir William Doughty, chairman of North West Thames Regional Health Authority, is shown beside the Queen in this photograph.Laing Management Contracting worked on the construction of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital on behalf of the North West Thames Regional Health Authority between 1989 and 1993. The new teaching hospital was built on the site of the old St Stephen’s Hospital, which was demolished in the early months of 1989. The use of fast track construction techniques enabled the entire project to be completed in less than 5 years, and the hospital was officially opened by the Queen on 13 May 1993.

Date

1993

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Reference

HRM22A00_375

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77,9Mb (3,6Mb) / 17,4in x 17,4in / 5211 x 5226 (300dpi)

Keywords

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