Reference
Z41/MV4/8
Title
Photo album of Marston Valley Brick Works
Date free text
1934 - 1938
Production date
From: 1934 To: 1938
Scope and Content
Photograph album of Marston Valley Brickworks.
Page 1 – 8 Photographs showing the visit of Prince George to the Marston Valley Brickworks near Lidlington.[c.1934]
Pages 9 – 10 Photographs of no.6 conveyors in the press Shed
Pages 11 & 12 two views of Transfer station with aerial ropeway buckets
Page 14 Detail of machinery.
Page 15 Marston Works – three photographs.
Page 16 Marston Works – three photographs.
Page 17 Marston Works – three photographs.
Page 18 Marston Works – four photographs.
Page 19 Marston Works – three photographs.
Page 20 Marston Works – three photographs.
Page 21Marsoon Works knothole; general view of works; two photos of Egyptian Themed boat.
Page 22 Five views of Marston Knothole.
Page 23 Two views of AC welding equipment.
Page 25 Brick Press.
Page 26 No.9 shed brick presses, with boys at work.
Pages27-39 Blank
Page 40 Four sepia views of Marston Works.
Page 41 Nine black and white views of Marston Works.
Page 42 Nine black and white views of Marston Works. Includes three photographs of premises of F E Jones Son Automobile engineers. 16a Ashburnham Road, Bedford.
Page 43 Nine black and white views of Marston Works landslip accident with dragline excavator.
Page 44 Three black and white photographs showing delivery of Marston Bespres Fletton bricks to a dockside, the brick lorry stating that they are bricks for ‘British Guiana’. One photo shows two unidentified crew members.
Page 45-46 Eight sepia photographs of tramway bridge and gantry construction.
Page 47 Eight photographs showing ‘new electricity brick’ [1938]
Page 48 -52 21 photographs showing construction of the Royal Albert Canal, Belgium. Includes use of dragline excavator.[October 1935]
Pages 53 – 60 Sepia photographs showing views of the Northern Illinois Coal Corporation including dragline excavator use.
Level of description
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