Topping Out Ceremony for New Industrial Education Facility for Wolfson College and Institute for Manufacturing

Topping out

Cambridge University's Wolfson College and Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) are holding a topping out ceremony for a new building at the College at 1.30pm today.

 

The ceremony will be led by Dr Gordon Johnson, President of Wolfson, and Ms Judith Portrait, a trustee of the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, which has contributed significantly to the creation of the building.

 

The photograph opposite shows (right to left):

Dr Gordon Johnson, Ms Judith Portrait, Professor Mike Gregory; preparing to be hoisted up to the top of the dome to install the lantern which can be seen at the top of the picture, hanging from a crane.  (High resolution version of the picture opposite.)

 

High resolution picture - longer view of the building

Date published

18 December 2003

 
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