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Bury St Edmunds Sugar Beet Factory, Bury St Edmunds, St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk, 22/03/1982. Creator: John Laing plc.

Bury St Edmunds Sugar Beet Factory, Bury St Edmunds, St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk, 22/03/1982. Creator: John Laing plc.

2-847-445 - Historic England Archive/Heritage Images

A view of the working platform with a central crane at the top of a silo during construction at Bury St Edmunds Sugar Beet Factory, showing the framework of the conical roof. A sugar factory began operating at Bury St Edmunds in 1924. In 1972 Laing were awarded the contract to build four sugar silos and a new beet handling plant for the British Sugar Corporation at Bury St Edmunds, and in 1981/82 a further 25,000 tonne capacity sugar silo was built.

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  1. John Laing plc, attributed to: British: construction and civil engineering company
Medium
  1. Photograph
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World Europe United Kingdom England Suffolk Bury Saint Edmunds

  1. 52 15 00 N , 000 43 00 E
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 6794x5359
File Size : 35,556kb

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  1. JLP01/09/820596
  1. jlp01_09_820596
  1. 0250009130
  1. 2-847-445
  1. 2847445
  1. JLP01/09/820596

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