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Viewing 19 Child Records for Volume: Filton airfield and runway, Patchway, and Bristol

A view of the truss fuselage frame of a Bristol Brabazon during its construction, in the Brabazon Hangar of the Bristol Filton Airport

Date:
29 Mar 1946
Location:
Filton Airfield, The Brabazon Hangar, Filton, South Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/004/01
Type:
Photograph (Print)

An elevated view looking down over a public viewing of a Bristol Brabazon aircraft in a hangar at Filton Airfield

Date:
8 Oct 1947
Location:
Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/004/02
Type:
Photograph (Print)

A Laing employee marking a chart on a wall in the Progress and Planning Department at Filton Airfield during construction of a new runway

Date:
1947 - 1948
Location:
Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/004/09
Type:
Photograph (Print)

A group of Laing workmen shovelling concrete into a bucket, as part of concrete sampling for laboratory tests, at Filton Airfield

Date:
1947 - 1948
Location:
Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/004/15
Type:
Photograph (Print)

The clamshell bucket of a crane depositing aggregate into a truck at Redcliff Wharf

Date:
1947 - 1948
Location:
Redcliff Wharf, Redcliffe, City of Bristol
Reference:
JLP01/01/004/40
Type:
Photograph (Print)

A Laing employee operating a Haiss Loader to load concrete aggregate from a stock pule into a truck at Filton Airfield during the construction of a new runway

Date:
1947 - 1948
Location:
Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/004/43
Type:
Photograph (Print)

A man standing on a concreted stretch of runway at Filton Airfield

Date:
1947 - 1948
Location:
Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/004/45
Type:
Photograph (Print)

A 10 ton rubber tyred wobble wheel roller compacting ground at Filton Airfield

Date:
1947 - 1948
Location:
Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/004/50
Type:
Photograph (Print)

Three workmen working on sheets of temporary metal ground reinforcement laid as a temporary flying strip at Filton Airfield, during the construction of a new runway

Date:
5 Sep 1947
Location:
Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/004/52
Type:
Photograph (Print)

Two men standing among sheets of temporary metal ground reinforcement for use as a temporary flying strip at Filton Airfield, with construction of a new runway underway beyond

Date:
5 Sep 1947
Location:
Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/004/53
Type:
Photograph (Print)

A Mosquito aircraft at Filton Airfield, probably on a temporary flying strip, with the Brabazon Hangar during construction beyond

Date:
5 Sep 1947
Location:
Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/004/54
Type:
Photograph (Print)

An excavator with a claw attachment lifting rubble from a heap into a dumper truck at Filton Airfield during the construction of a new runway

Date:
1947
Location:
Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/004/55
Type:
Photograph (Print)

A Rapid Concrete Breaking Co Ltd lorry at Filton Airfield, with a man operating the pneumatic drill on the lorry's rear, during the construction of a new runway

Date:
1947
Location:
Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/004/56
Type:
Photograph (Print)

An explosion at Filton Airfield, with rope cable excavators on the site, during the construction of a new runway

Date:
22 Jan 1947
Location:
Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/004/57
Type:
Photograph (Print)

Laing trucks behind a snow drift at Filton Airfield, with a hangar beyond

Date:
1946 - 1948
Location:
Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/004/59
Type:
Photograph (Print)

Scrapers being pulled by caterpillar tractors at Filton Airfield during the construction of a new runway

Date:
1947
Location:
Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/004/68
Type:
Photograph (Print)

A general view showing excavation in progress on the site of a new runway at Filton Airfield

Date:
22 Jan 1947
Location:
Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/004/70
Type:
Photograph (Print)

A view looking along an excavated area on the site of Filton Airfield during the construction of a new runway, showing excavators on the site beyond

Date:
22 Jan 1947
Location:
Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/004/72
Type:
Photograph (Print)

A Laing face shovel excavator refuelling from a 750 gallon tanker at Filton Airfield during the construction of a new runway

Date:
1947
Location:
Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/004/73
Type:
Photograph (Print)