50 & 20 Years Ago
50 years ago: Cable spinning for the Forth Road Bridge
Taken from Building With Steel, May 1962 On 17 November 1961 the first four wires of the cables on the new Forth Road Bridge were hauled over the tops of the …
20 years ago: Somalia
Taken from STEEL CONSTRUCTION February 1992 The plane from Addis Ababa to Djibouti settles onto the tarmac and taxis in two hours late, past an outgoing DC3. …
50 Years Ago: Building a new factory over an existing one
From Building With Steel, February 1962 A new factory storehouse, intended to replace a smaller building, was partially erected over the existing building …
20 Years Ago: British steel, first in Kuwait
Taken from Steel Construction, February 1992 On the 16th December 1991, under the lavish splendour of five steel framed structures, designed in the bedouin …
50 Years Ago: Bridges
From Building With Steel, February 1962. HAW BRIDGE The new steel Haw Bridge over the River Severn in Gloucestershire, was opened last autumn (1961), replacing …
20 Years Ago: Waterloo International trial roof erection
The successful trial erection of a bay of the roof for BR’s £120 million Waterloo International Terminal has been carried out at Wetherby, Yorkshire. The …
20 Years Ago: Liverpool Street Station
A Structural Steel Design Awards winner taken from the December 1991 issue of Steel Construction Liverpool Street Station is being modernised within the …
20 Years Ago: Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield
Taken from Steel Construction, December 1991 The Don Valley Stadium is one of five major new facilities that have been built in Sheffield in time to host the …
50 Years Ago: Structural Steelwork for railways
From Building with Steel, November 1961 As the massive modernisation programme of British Railways gathers momentum, the old familiar steam locomotive gives …
20 Years Ago: Embankment Place, London WC2
From STEEL CONSTRUCTION, December 1991 Embankment Place is a major office development built in the air rights above the platforms of Charing Cross railway …
