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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 …
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: 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 …
