A view of a pile driver, with men gathered around its base, during pile driving during the construction of the Ford Motor Works

Date:: 1930 - 1939

Location:: Ford Motor Works, Barking And Dagenham, Greater London Authority, RM9

Reference:: AL0185/019/02

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Description

Around 20,000 concrete piles were driven into ground on the Dagenham marshes to support the works at Ford Dagenham. Construction began in 1929 and the works began producing motor vehicles in 1931.

Content

This is part of the Volume: AL0185 Album of photographs of civil engineering projects; within the Collection: ALB19 Album of photographs of civil engineering projects

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

20th Century Car Factory, Construction, Engineering, People