A photographic print of Building & Construction, Miscellaneous, Gadgets, New Tools, Equipment, etc

ERECTING KENT'S FIRST ALUMINIUM SCHOOL 12.4.1949. Ods The first of the five schools to be built by the Kent County Council in aluminium prefabricated sections, is now well under way. The school will be the Grays Farm County Primary School at St. Paul's Cray, and the walls and roofs are of aluminium alloy supplied by the Bristol Aeroplane (Housing) Company. The section are delivered to the site ready for erection, thus saving much time and labour apart from materials. The block illustrated in these pictures will accommodate five classrooms and one general purpose room. There will be another block housing two classrooms and one general purpose room, an administrative wing, assembly hall, canteen kitchen, dining hall, etc., and the whole school will accommodate 360 children. The only brickwork in the buildings will be the external gable end walls, and the boiler house, the foundations of which can be seen in some of the pictures, which were taken during a visit to the site today. Industry - Building