Thrust boring being carried out during the installation of the Fens gas pipeline, Norfolk, 20/09/196 Creator: John Laing plc.

Thrust boring being carried out during the installation of the Fens gas pipeline, Norfolk, 20/09/196 Creator: John Laing plc.

2-847-836 - Historic England Archive/Heritage Images

A view of thrust boring being carried out during the installation of the Fens gas pipeline. Work on laying the Fens gas pipeline started in June 1967 and was a joint venture between Laing Civil Engineering and French companies Entrepose and Grands Travaux de Marseille (GTM) for the Gas Council. Over 600 men worked on the project to lay 36 inch diameter steel pipes starting at West Winch in Norfolk and running to where it linked up with the next contract at Woodcroft Castle in Cambridgeshire. The pipeline crossed four rivers and numerous dykes and ditches.


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  1. John Laing plc, attributed to: British: construction and civil engineering company

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World Europe United Kingdom England Norfolk

  1. 52 40 00 N , 001 00 00 E

World Europe United Kingdom England East Anglia

  1. 52 30 00 N , 001 15 00 E

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  1. JLP01/08/077158
  1. JLP01_08_077158
  1. 0250009523
  1. 2-847-836
  1. 2847836
  1. JLP01/08/077158


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