Volume: Construction of the M6 Motorway

Date:
1963
Location:
Reference:
JLP01/01/165
Type:
Volume Containing Photographic Material
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Description

An album of 75 prints showing the 'Birmingham - Preston Motorway', now the M6 under construction. The sites featured are believed to all be within Staffordshire.

Views include specific stretches of motorway under construction, a California Beaming Ratio test, the fixing of a fascia panel, Walton's Wood, the laying of a concrete base course, construction of a roundabout on the border of Cheshire, workers laying asphalt, the Keel Service area, sand and grit bunkers and slip roads.

Content

This is part of the Series: JLP01/01 John Laing Photographic Collection Project Albums; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection

This Volume is divided into 28 Child Records
This Volume contains the following materials:
Photograph (Print): 75
Photograph Album: 1

Rights

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Keywords

Mid 20th Century Motorway