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JOHN LAING PLC. CIS Building, Cooperative Insurance Society Tower, Miller Street, Manchester,07/06/1961. Creator: John Laing plc.

JOHN LAING PLC. CIS Building, Cooperative Insurance Society Tower, Miller Street, Manchester, 07/06/1961. Bill Whelan, a Weitz G.60 tower crane driver, posed on the construction site of the Co-operative Insurance Society (CIS) Building in front of a view across Manchester. In 1959, the Laing Company began work on the construction of two office blocks for the Co-operative Society in Manchester. The Co-operative Insurance Society (CIS) tower was over 350ft high when completed in 1962, and was the tallest office block in the country at the time. On an adjacent site, a smaller 14-storey high office block for the Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS) was constructed simultaneously.

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JOHN LAING PLC

Title:

CIS Building, Cooperative Insurance Society Tower, Miller Street, Manchester,07/06/1961. Creator: John Laing plc.

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CIS Building, Cooperative Insurance Society Tower, Miller Street, Manchester, 07/06/1961. Bill Whelan, a Weitz G.60 tower crane driver, posed on the construction site of the Co-operative Insurance Society (CIS) Building in front of a view across Manchester. In 1959, the Laing Company began work on the construction of two office blocks for the Co-operative Society in Manchester. The Co-operative Insurance Society (CIS) tower was over 350ft high when completed in 1962, and was the tallest office block in the country at the time. On an adjacent site, a smaller 14-storey high office block for the Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS) was constructed simultaneously.

Personalities:

HISTORIC ENGLAND

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Photograph

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Album / Historic England Archive/Heritage Images

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5357 x 5344 px | 81.9 MB

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45.4 x 45.2 cm | 17.9 x 17.8 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

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