Daily Herald Photograph: The Orlit house

Daily Herald Photograph: The Orlit house Daily Herald Photograph: The Orlit house

Daily Herald Photograph: The Orlit house
Science Museum Group
© Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Daily Herald Photograph: The Orlit house
Science Museum Group
© Hulton Archive/Getty Images

One photograph titled 'Speeding the housing drive' showing the Orlit house being erected in Greenwich. This house was one of ten new types introduced by the government in a drive to build more houses quickly. It uses resin bonded plywood glued to timber studding and a pre-cast concrete structure and pre-cast floor and roof beams.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Daily Herald Archive
Object Number:
1983-5236/43783
Materials:
paper
type:
photographic print