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Bottesford Airfield, Bottesford, Melton, Leicestershire, 06/05/1971. Creator: John Laing plc.

Bottesford Airfield, Bottesford, Melton, Leicestershire, 06/05/1971. Creator: John Laing plc.

2-847-439 - Historic England Archive/Heritage Images

A worker tightening bolts on a complex piece of pipework at the Bottesford pre-yield depot. In 1969, Laing Pipelines established their pre-yield depot at Bottesford Airfield near Grantham. Large diameter steel pipes for gas feeder mains could be tested at the depot to yield under hydraulic pressure and there was also a large corrugated steel fabrication shop.

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  1. John Laing plc, attributed to: British: construction and civil engineering company
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  1. Photograph
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World Europe United Kingdom England Leicestershire Bottesford

  1. 52 57 00 N , 000 48 00 W
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5158x6513
File Size : 32,807kb

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  1. JLP01/08/087504
  1. JLP01_08_087504
  1. 0250009124
  1. 2-847-439
  1. 2847439
  1. JLP01/08/087504

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