Delivering a one-ton load to the 25th floor - made possible by the RAF's 28 Squadron
In April 1972, Gordon Andreassend was sitting in his office in Murray Building when Hal Empson, the Cartographer strode in. “We’ve got a problem with the process camera” he said.
“Everything’s arrived, hasn’t it, what’s the problem?” was Gordon’s reply.
It appeared there seemed no way to get the solid metal base of the camera, weighing about one ton, and 20 foot in length, into its allocated space on top of the building. It was too big for any lift, and too heavy to manhandle up the stairs to the 25th floor.
