Sujet

Craigshill, Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland, 01/10/1965. Creator: John Laing plc.

Légende

Craigshill, Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland, 01/10/1965. A team of Laing workers lowering a prefabricated concrete staircase into position at a Jespersen construction compound, probably at the Craigshill development in Livingston. In 1963, John Laing and Son Ltd bought the rights to the Danish industrialised building system known as Jespersen (sometimes referred to as Jesperson). The company built factories in Scotland, Hampshire and Lancashire producing Jespersen prefabricated parts and precast concrete panels, allowing the building of housing to be rationalised, saving time and money. The location of this construction compound is uncertain, but it may have been at Craigshill in Livingston where there was a Jesperson Factory and a housing scheme built using the 12M Jespersen System.

Date

1965

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Notre référence

HRM22A00_109

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

80,8Mo (3,4Mo) / 45,1cm x 44,9cm / 5321 x 5308 (300dpi)

Mots clés

building buildings people male work job man men development worker country construction site housing guy occupation British crane cranes Scotland building site concrete stairway location SCOTTISH century stairs Britain staircase profession construction worker concept B&W livingston Sixties Construction Industry black & white black and white B W lowering housing development 1960s 20th century New Town Scots workers prefabricated TGN West Lothian working photograph Historic England John Laing plc Laing John plc John Laing & Co John Laing and Company John Laing & Company John Laing and Co Jespersen Jesperson Craigshill