Sujet

Empress State Building, Lillie Road, Earl's Court, Hammersmith and Fulham, London, 03/07/1961. Creator: John Laing plc.

Légende

Empress State Building, Lillie Road, Earl's Court, Hammersmith and Fulham, London, 03/07/1961. Two women with a construction worker and manager gathered on the roof of Empress State Building, to watch the final concrete pour. Laing built the foundations and the reinforced concrete frame of the building, work began in November 1959 and ran until July 1961. The group were gathered on the roof to the watch the final pour of concrete to complete the project.

Date

1961

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Notre référence

HRM22A00_050

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

81,9Mo (4,0Mo) / 45,3cm x 45,3cm / 5349 x 5354 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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