Second Severn Crossing, M4, South Gloucestershire
J Bowker, student engineer and A Manning, chain girl, with the Jay Robertson in the background, a large jack-up barge working in the River Severn during the construction of the Second Severn Crossing.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. The photograph was published in December 1992 in Laing's monthly newsletter Team Spirit
Picture No
13460889
Media ID
45384942
Size
6661px x 5246px
(3.3MB)
Credit
© Historic England Archive / John Laing Photographic Collection / Mary Evans
Source
John Laing plc - Historic England Archive
Date
1992
