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Thamesmead Under Construction, 1967

Thamesmead Under Construction, 1967
Copyright: Kentish Times

  

The first of one hundred test piles for the new town of Thamesmead, being driven in a field at the back of Overton Road, Abbey Wood. Some 40,000 piles were used in the first stages of the building of Thamesmead, which included piling to support the cranes and heavy plant used for the construction.
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