Around 20,000 concrete piles were driven into the ground of a marshland site at Dagenham during the construction of Ford Dagenham. Construction began in 1929; the works produced its first motor vehicles in 1931.
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
Source: Historic England Archive
20th Century Car Factory, Construction, Engineering
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