Harp Lager Brewery, Drayman's Way, Manor Park, Alton, East Hampshire, Hampshire, UK, 1963 (b/w photo)

Photographer, John Laing and Son Ltd; Builder, John Laing Construction Ltd; The fermenting floor at the top of the fermentation storage block at the new Harp Lager Brewery, with open vessels containing a fermenting brew and a brewer checking its gravity The new brewery for Harp Lager at Manor Park was built by Laing with the design of the project being carried out by architects and engineers from the Group Technical Services, working with engineers from Arthur Guinness, Son and Company Limited. John Laing Construction Ltd began the building work in 1961 and the brewery was opened on 28th June 1963. The brewery was taken over by Bass in 1979, then later by Molson Coors, subsequently closing in 2015.