Photo: Pile driver

Scanned image showing a pile-driver.
Scanned image showing a pile-driver.

Description

Pile driver. Photo caption: General view of a pile-driver in action on the site of the British Electricity Authority's Generating Station at Uskmouth, Mon. A 70 foot pile being driven by a 4-ton single action hammer. The helmet incorporates a 4 inch dolly of Bakelite Laminated Grade F.294/9. Contractors - John Morgan (Builders) Ltd. Cardiff. This item is part of the MoDiP BXL collection.
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BXL

Inscriptions

stamped: "Photography by John Adams, A.I.B.P Negative No. R/133, 59 Cambridge Road, Birmingham, 14" (rear)

Object number

BXL : 0852

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Dimensions
Width
153mm
Height
206mm