Pile drivers and excavators at work on the foundations for the St James Wing of St George's Hospital, Tooting, looking south west

Date:
12 Jul 1984
Location:
St George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, Tooting, Wandsworth, Greater London Authority, SW17 0QT
Reference:
JLP01/09/841403
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

Behind the pile drivers, the chimney and part of the laundry block of the former Grove Fever Hospital that occupied the site in the 1890s is visible. This would be replaced by the Cardiology Department in a later phase of building.

This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.

Content

This is part of the Series: JLP01/09 John Laing Photographic Collection Black and White Negatives 1974-1994; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive. John Laing Photographic Collection

Keywords

Late 20th Century Hospital, Construction, Health And Welfare, People At Work