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Peter Lind & Company is a private building contractor of Danish origin based in Spalding
Spalding, Lincolnshire

Spalding is a market town with a population of 30,000 on the River Welland in the South Holland, Lincolnshire district of Lincolnshire, England....
 in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a Counties of England in the east of England. It borders Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Rutland, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, and the East Riding of Yorkshire....
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Peter Lind & Company is a private building contractor of Danish origin based in Spalding
Spalding, Lincolnshire

Spalding is a market town with a population of 30,000 on the River Welland in the South Holland, Lincolnshire district of Lincolnshire, England....
 in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a Counties of England in the east of England. It borders Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Rutland, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, and the East Riding of Yorkshire....
.

History

The Company was founded by Peter Lind, a Danish
Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
 engineer, in 1915.

During World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
 the company was a significant builder of Mulberry Harbour
Mulberry harbour

A Mulberry harbour was a type of temporary harbour developed in World War II to offload cargo on the beaches during the Battle of Normandy.Two prefabricated or artificial military harbours were taken across the English Channel from UK with the invading army in sections and assembled off the coast of Normandy as part of the D-Day invasi...
s.

Major construction projects undertaken by the company have included Waterloo Bridge
Waterloo Bridge

Waterloo Bridge is a road and foot traffic bridge crossing the River Thames in London, England between Blackfriars Bridge and Hungerford Bridge....
 in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 (completed in 1945) and the BT Tower
BT Tower

The BT Tower is a tall cylindrical building in London, England. The tower is located at 60 Cleveland Street, Fitzrovia. It has been previously known as the Post Office Tower and the British Telecom Tower....
 in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 (completed in 1964).

Operations

The company continues to carry out important refurbishment contracts in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 today.

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