50 & 20 Years Ago
Structural steelwork and the North Sea operations
Taken from Building with Steel, 1966 The search which is being carried out at present in the North Sea, to find out whether the strata of the ocean bed will …
40 Years Ago: The adaptability of steelwork
Taken from Building with Steel, 1966 (a) Alteration to the Academy cinema, Oxford St., London The original 600-seat Academy cinema was built at street level …
40 Years Ago: Special steel dock for aircraft tail
Taken from Building with Steel, 1966 The huge steel framed hangar built to house VC10 jets of the British United Airways’ fleet was one of the major …
40 Years Ago: Developments at Gatwick Airport
Taken from Building with Steel, 1965 Although Gatwick had been granted an æro-drome licence in 1930 the Airport only began operating in 1936 after completion …
40 Years Ago – Bridge travels from Glasgow to London
Taken from Building with Steel, 1965 Motorists eagerly await the completion of the M1 Southern Extension which will give much greater significance to the …
40 Years Ago: Football stand for 1966 World Cup Series
Taken from Building with Steel, 1965 The directors of Manchester United Football Club had for some time been thinking in terms of developing the north side of …
40 Years Ago: University of Liverpool
Taken from Building with Steel, 1967 The choice between steel and concrete frequently confronts both Architects and Engineers at the very earliest stage in …
40 Years Ago: Storing 63 million gallons of whisky
Taken from Building with Steel, 1965 The group of warehouses completed last year for the Distillers Company Limited at Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, was built …
S.G.H.W. prototype nuclear power station
Taken from Building with Steel, 1965 An interesting project at present under construction at the U.K.A.E.A. Experimental Reactor Establishment, Winfrith Heath, …
Bridge over the River Tagus
Taken from Building with Steel, 1965 The £50 million suspension bridge at present being built across the Tagus River at Lisbon is reputed to be one of the …
