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Second Severn Crossing, M4, New Passage, Pilning and Severn Beach, South Gloucestershire, UK, 1992 (b/w...

Second Severn Crossing, M4, New Passage, Pilning and Severn Beach, South Gloucestershire, UK, 1992 (b/w photo)
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Second Severn Crossing, M4, New Passage, Pilning and Severn Beach, South Gloucestershire, UK, 1992 (b/w photo)
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Date
1992 AD (C20th AD)
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Photographer, John Laing plc; Engineer, Laing-GTM; A view of the 'Jay Robertson', a large jack-up barge, working in the River Severn during the construction of the Second Severn Crossing, with a Putzmeister truck-mounted pump in the foreground driving along the shore The 'Jay Robertson' was a large jack-up barge working in the River Severn near Severn Beach, during the construction of the Second Severn Crossing. It was used to drill piles through the sea bed for two viaduct support piers close to the Severn Rail Tunnel.

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© Historic England / John Laing Photographic Collection / Bridgeman Images
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building site / coast / sea / bridge

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