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[Tunnel Works]

1956 , Norwich (Norfolk)

Cat no. 477

The construction of the north-western intercepting sewer built under Norwich between 1956 and 1959.

Shots of the river and a team of workmen on a floating wooden platform pile driving steel sheets into the river bank. There are shots of cranes and machinery at work. A workman digs out part of the construction by hand. At the depot, concrete sewer linings are made and there is a steam railway crane at work. A large number of moulds are on the site. A man operates a steel wire cutter and bends wires into shape to form the structure of the sewer. The next sequence is filmed above ground at the junction of Dereham Road and Grapes Hill. The Barn Tavern and Regal cinema can be seen in the background. This sequence shows girders being erected for above ground tunnel work. Wagons containing spoil and waste material are hauled out of the tunnel and a concrete mixing machine is filmed. There follow general shots of the depot. More linings are made. These are all dated and the dates are shown (all are made during December, 1956). They are loaded onto a lorry. Shingle is brought in by lorry and unloaded. The camera follows it along its various shoots. The next sequence shows frogmen going down a manhole and being brought to the surface again. Containers are lowered into the tunnel shaft and spoil is removed. The final sequence shows views inside the incomplete tunnel.

Featured Buildings

The Barn Tavern; The Regal Cinema

Keywords

Civil engineering, Sewers

Manifestations

[Tunnel Works]

  • Barcode
    INV379456
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:20:09
    Modification Date
    27/09/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    729807
  • Barcode
    INV395892
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:20:09
    Modification Date
    31/08/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    724906
  • Barcode
    INV338570
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:20:09
    Modification Date
    31/08/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    724400
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV330702
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    DV digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:20:09
    Modification Date
    29/07/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    720732
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV332660
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    master digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:20:10
    Modification Date
    27/07/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    720597
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV166635
    Canonical Identifier
    TB 1275
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    BetacamSP tape
    Dimension
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    30/07/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    674475
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV180903
    Canonical Identifier
    TB 1208
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    BetacamSP tape
    Dimension
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    29/07/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    674386
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV484564
    Canonical Identifier
    A-108
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Details
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Colour Type
    bw
    Has Image
    Y
    Has Sound
    N
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    positive
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    561120
    Sound
    silent

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