View of the conveyor belt used to transport chalk during the construction of the M27 at Fareham

Date:
Aug 1971
Location:
Fareham, Hampshire
Reference:
JLP01/10/00741
Type:
Photograph (Acetate Negative)
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Description

Two million cubic metres of chalk were transported by conveyor belt to form bunds and an embankment in Portsmouth Harbour.

This image was catalogued in 2013 as part of a pilot project funded by the John Laing Charitable Trust.

Content

This is part of the Series: JLP01/10 John Laing Photographic Collection Colour Negatives and Transparencies; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive. John Laing Photographic Collection

Keywords

Late 20th Century Motorway, Construction