An excavator extracting rocks at Swallowcroft Wood during the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Date:
27 May 1961
Location:
M6 Motorway, M6, Whitmore, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
Reference:
JLP01/08/060239
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

Swallowcroft Wood is located at grid reference SJ8203543705 on the south side of the M6 opposite Springpool Wood.

This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.

Content

This is part of the Series: JLP01/08 John Laing Photographic Collection Black and White Negatives; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive. John Laing Photographic Collection

Keywords

Mid 20th Century Motorway, Construction