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Viewing 15 Child Records for Volume: Filton airfield and runway

A view of the Bristol Brabazon airliner being built in the hangar at Filton Airfield

Date:
16 Aug 1947
Location:
Filton Airfield, The Brabazon Hangar, Filton, South Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/005/01
Type:
Photograph (Print)

A view of Laing dumper trucks, flatbed vans and trucks parked at Filton Airfield

Date:
22 Jan 1947
Location:
Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/005/08
Type:
Photograph (Print)

A Mosquito aircraft, probably on a temporary flying strip, during the construction of a new runway at Filton Airfield

Date:
5 Sep 1947
Location:
Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/005/09
Type:
Photograph (Print)

A Ransomes and Rapier dragline excavator unloading a bucket of aggregate into a tipper truck at Filton Airfield

Date:
22 Jan 1947
Location:
Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/005/12
Type:
Photograph (Print)

Compacted earth during construction of a new runway at Filton Airfield

Date:
1947
Location:
Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/005/13
Type:
Photograph (Print)

Rapid Concrete Breaking Co Ltd trucks at Filton Airfield during construction of a runway, with construction work in progress beyond

Date:
1947
Location:
Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/005/19
Type:
Photograph (Print)

Two workmen, perhaps employees of the Rapid Concrete Breaking Co Ltd, using cable cutters to cut rebars in reinforced concrete rubble at Filton Airfield during construction of a runway

Date:
1947
Location:
Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/005/20
Type:
Photograph (Print)

A view of excavators preparing the site at Filton Airfield for construction of a runway, with the buildings of Charlton village beyond

Date:
1947
Location:
Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/005/24
Type:
Photograph (Print)

Two scrapers being towed by caterpillar tractors on the site of a new runway during construction at Filton Airfield

Date:
22 Jan 1947
Location:
Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/005/28
Type:
Photograph (Print)

A general view showing the site of a new runway during construction at Filton Airfield

Date:
22 Jan 1947
Location:
Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/005/29
Type:
Photograph (Print)

An excavator lifting material into a flatbed truck during the construction of a new runway at Filton Airfield

Date:
22 Jan 1947
Location:
Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/005/31
Type:
Photograph (Print)

Looking along a stretch of compacted ground, with two scrapers being pulled by caterpillar tractors on an embankment above, during the construction of a new runway at Filton Airfield

Date:
22 Jan 1947
Location:
Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/005/34
Type:
Photograph (Print)

A dragline excavator depositing material from a bucket into a flatbed van during the construction of a new runway at Filton Airfield

Date:
1947
Location:
Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/005/35
Type:
Photograph (Print)

A scraper being pulled across rough terrain by a caterpillar tractor during the construction of a new runway at Filton Airfield

Date:
1947
Location:
Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/005/36
Type:
Photograph (Print)

Construction vehicles, probably graders or scrapers, being pulled by caterpillar tractors over level ground during the construction of a new runway at Filton Airfield

Date:
1947
Location:
Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/01/005/38
Type:
Photograph (Print)