Preparing the site of the parcel depot, which will be built in the 1, 000

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Preparing the site of the parcel depot, which will be built in the 1, 000

Preparing the site of the parcel depot, which will be built in the 1, 000, 000 reconstruction of Coventry Railway Station. Property near the station entrance has alrerady been demolished. In the foreground are the concrete outlines of one of the three sidings and, on the right, the depots concrete entrance, which will be used as the station passenger entrance next month during the construction of warehouses in the present station yard. So far work has included the removal of 3, 500 cubic yards of sandstone rock and over 1, 000 cubic yards of soft sandstone. In contrast to these quantities, the contractors - McKeand Smith and Co. Ltd. of Wolverhampton - have to lay the concrete to an acuracy of one-sixtenth of an inch.
8th April 1959

Coventry Telegraph Archive
Mirrorpix
Coventry
West Midlands
England

Media ID 21577316

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Building Site Construction Coventry Labourers Railway Redevelopment Station Workers

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