ICI Public Relations Photos

2/46 The first known construction photograph showing the north-south road looking north at chainage 1300
7 Nov 1946 Inaugural meeting of Wilton Council showing F Potter, W H Demuth, W O Wright, W J Worboys, H S Hirst, A A Swinbank, J W McDavid, V St J Killery, J W Armitt, K Gordon, W M Inman
3/47 Looking north along the lane to Wilton Grange Farm in heavy snow
8/47 Boiler vessel being unloaded at Dormanstown area
14/47 Steel work erection for the IP Boiler House
61/47 Construction by J B Edwards of the North-South road looking north from Piccadilly Roundabout
167/47 Early excavation of the entrance shaft at Teesport for the first tunnel under the River Tees
266/47 Excavation for Perspex building
237/47 Construction of BP1 (Boundary) Road looking north to the Trunk Road
265/47 Foundation for PF building
450/47 Site of No.3 Canteen (Grange) with the Grange Farm in the distance
452/47 General view of the site looking north-west from the top of the Met Station at Wilton Grange
477/47 Transport vehicle No.1 commercial lorry in Outer Castle Courtyard
478/47 Transport vehicle No.2 Scammell Horse in Outer Castle Courtyard
506/47 A crane arriving at the North-South road on Scammell transport vehicle No.3
586/47 The Labour Medical building under construction using "Smith's Building System" a method of prefabrication
599/47 Transport vehicle No.4 (tipper wagon) at the Inner Castle Courtyard
593/47 General view of the gantry used for the Smith's Building System
W39014K8-11 The first tunnel under the Tees
37/48 The Castle in 1948
1948 Group of the first staff outside the Castle
15/48 Site model showing locations of first plants and buildings
45/48 General view of PF construction looking west
40/48 Interior of main stores
1948 Informal gathering of the Wilton Council
139/48 PF Plant construction looking east
153/48 Lazenby signal box
11/49 The IP Boilerhouse looking north from the site of the Main Power Station
14/49 Construction of No.2 Process Office
39/49 Looking north from the top of the PF building
42/49 Construction of Piccadilly Circus
70/49 Vessel being collected from the goods yard at Redcar Station
193/49 Most of the steelwork erected for No.1 Olefines Plant
215/49 Early construction of No.1 Olefines Plant
281/49 First stages of construction of the Main Power Station
10146 Construction of the Main Power Station looking across Piccadilly Roundabout
10153 Interior of the PF (Phenol Formaldehyde) Plant
10156 The IP Boiler House control room
39454 Looking north along the service trench of what would later become Queen's Avenue
152/50 Great activity in Main Stores
219/50 Column for Olefines 1 arriving on site
326/50 Two well-boring contractors posing with their pick-up
327/50 Activity at the Upgang borehole site
282/50 Looking south across Piccadilly Circus
142/51 Unknown football team
280/51 Lime Handling Plant
206/51 Early construction of Chlorine Plant cell rooms - Bain Works
209/51 View of No.1 Olefines Plant from the top of the Power Station No.1 stack
212/51 General construction scene
589/51 Brenda Todd, the first nurse at Wilton, in the examination room of the original Medical Centre
598/51 Opening ceremony of the Recreation Clubhouse, Dec 1951
1951/Evening Gazette Treating patients with minor injuries at the first Medical Centre
211/51 Ethylene Oxide / Glycol construction
206/51 View of the Chlorine Plant construction from the top of the Power Station No.1 stack
1951/Evening Gazette Wilton's first ambulance with driver John Whyman outside the Medical Centre
56/52 Formaldehyde Plant
72/52 Chairman of the Wilton Council, J McEntee (or Dr J W Armit?) enjoys a game of dominoes at the recently opened Recreation Clubhouse
W228/52 Workers queuing for their pay at the original Personnel Block
258/52 Celebrating the presentation of a trophy at the Recreation Club
393/52 Unknown social event
514/52 Unknown social event
198/52 Unknown social event
5177/80 Staff from the Olefines Plant celebrated with a dinner at Billingham in 1952
235/52 Glycol Plant
392/52 Unknown social event
458/52 Power Station main control desk and instrument panels
461/52 Main Power Station boiler control panel
W19268 Kitchen staff in the Grange Restaurant
100/52 Grange Restaurant as originally built
464/52 Main Power Station turbine floor
S61/53 An early fire crew at Wilton including Chief Shuttleworth
S25/53 The Post Girls of 1953
W504/53 Interior of the original Apprentice Training School
153/53 Visitors being shown the site model
309/53 Ladies take the plunge at a 1953 swimming gala
142/53 Football presentation at Recreation Club
91/57 Nylon Works construction
165/57 Column en route to Nylon Works construction
1546/57 Staff of the Medical Department just before the opening of the new Medical Centre
185/57 Column for Nylon Works construction arriving on site
265/57 No.1 Olefine Plant
810/57 West Gate Roundabout under construction
918/57 Nylon Works construction
1071/57 Rush hour traffic on South Road
1799/57 Feeding demonstration of a young thrush orphaned from a nest on the roof of the Grange Building
- Front of Wilton Castle
1804/57 Line of double-decker buses outside UF/WF Plant
1615/57 Physiotherapy equipment being tried out at opening of new Medical Centre
2156/57 Piccadilly rose garden featuring the McGowan tree in the centre of the lawn
2602/57 Queens Avenue from Power Station look-out
2749/57 Mr Anderson (of Monk's) with the first sod from the construction site of Polythene 4, also D L Reed, D M Smith, Fred Robinson
2753/57 The Polythene 4 Plant groundbreaking ceremony featuring Mr Anderson of Monks, D J Leggott, D L Reed, Bert Lanhem of Monks, Fred Robinson, G S Moss, G M Smith
3467/57 Chlorine Plant, Bain Works showing the brine lagoons and cell room
3522/57 The Butadiene Plant columns at dusk
1587/57 R A Banks opens the Medical Centre watched by Dr Armor