50 & 20 Years Ago
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 …
40 Years Ago: New Water Chute at Southend’s Kursaal
A landmark familiar to several …
40 Years Ago: Progress Report on the Severn Bridge
Taken from Building with Steel, 1965 …
40 Years Ago: Two interesting bridges
1. New Bridge over the River Calder in Huddersfield The £3 million scheme for the extension and modernisation of the Corporation of Huddersfield’s sewage …
40 Years Ago: Lanchester College of Technology
Taken from Building with Steel, 1965 The Lanchester College of Technology, Coventry, named after the famous local engineer and motor car designer, has …
40 Years Ago: The ‘Sunday Times’ builds in Steel
Taken from Building with Steel, 1965 In 1937 a steel frame building for the Daily Sketch was constructed in Gray’s Inn Road, London. It was erected only up …
40 Years Ago: Miscellaneous
Taken from Building with Steel, 1965 The VC10 Hangar at London (Gatwick) Airport When British United Airways purchased Vickers VC 10 jets the dimensions of …
