(Untitled record)

Series

Series Name

Laing News Review

Issue

Issue No.

3

Date Released

Jul 1954

Length of issue (in feet)

1000

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1(Untitled record)
2. 2(Untitled record)
3. 3(Untitled record)
4. 4(Untitled record)

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

BFI synopsis: The contract for Solway Chemicals in West Cumbria. Here we see civil engineering work involving large, heavily reinforced concrete structures for a chemical works where cement will be produced as a by-product. In some respects this contract is reminiscent of Margam.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Engineering

Locations

England; Cumbria

Written sources

British Film Institute Sources   Laing Notes, p.3 Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Franklin Engelmann

Producer

Public Relations Department, John Laing & Co. Ltd.

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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