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Monument wins City Heritage Award
One of London’s most historic landmarks, the Monument to the Great Fire of London, has won the annual City Heritage Award.
This prestigious award, now over 30 years old, is given each year to the best refurbishment project in the City. Previous winners include; St Paul’s Cathedral, Temple Bar and St Bartholomew’s Hospital West Wing.
The City of London Corporation’s restoration project of the...
St Paul’s drinking fountain springs to life
The first fully certified drinking fountain in London for 30 years was switched on at 11am on Friday 21 May. The fountain is alongside St Paul’s Churchyard, near the City Information Centre and opposite St Paul’s Cathedral. It was unveiled by Robert Duffield Chairman of the City Corporation’s Port Health and Environmental Services Committee.
The drinking fountain is designed to refill water bottles...
Southwark Bridge
We are currently recording the repainting of Southwark Bridge, which is being restored by expert industrial painting contractor Pyeroy, for the City of London, Corporation.
A three-year rolling programme
Southwark Bridge will be returned to its original bright colours of green and yellow
13,000 litres of paint will be used on Southwark Bridge
26,000 man hours to complete the Southwark Bridge job...
The Lea Valley Nursery Industry
Harris Digital Productions in association with Lowewood Museum is producing a programme about the Lea Valley Nursery Industry.
From at least the eighteenth century the lower Lea Valley was noted for its market gardens. Their continued growth during the nineteenth century owed much to a plentiful supply of water from wells, the access by rail for the delivery of the coal they used to heat the greenhouses....
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St Lawrence Jewry Fountain
Harris Digital Productions is recording the restoration and rebuilding of the St Lawrence Jewry Memorial Fountain, which has not been seen by the public since the 1970s when it was dismantled into approximately 150 pieces and put into storage. The pieces of the nineteenth century drinking water fountain have now been transported to the specialist stonework and restoration contractor, Cathedral Works...
On the BBC
The BBC has published a gallery of our images showing the restoration of Tower Bridge on the BBC website.
Harris Digital Productions is recording the £4million restoration for the City of London, Corporation
As one of the world’s most iconic and internationally recognised landmarks, and arguably one of the most ambitious engineering projects of its age, the smart appearance and imposing grandeur...
