Construction of the M1 motorway, Daventry, Northamptonshire, 02/06/1959. Creator: John Laing plc.

Construction of the M1 motorway, Daventry, Northamptonshire, 02/06/1959. Creator: John Laing plc.

2-847-584 - Historic England Archive/Heritage Images

Construction machines laying a dry-lean concrete base in Section D4 of the London to Yorkshire Motorway (the M1), as Laing workers dig a trench for central reservation drainage in the foreground. Section D of the London to Yorkshire Motorway runs between Kislingbury and Dunchurch. The caption beneath the corresponding album print notes the road is being laid to the east of Structure 113.


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People Information

Creator
  1. John Laing plc, attributed to: British: construction and civil engineering company

Medium
  1. Photograph

Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe United Kingdom England Northamptonshire Daventry

  1. 52 15 00 N , 001 10 00 W

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Trade & Industry Construction Industry

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 6844x5213
File Size : 34,842kb


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  1. JLP01/08/054742
  1. jlp01_08_054742
  1. 0250009270
  1. 2-847-584
  1. 2847584
  1. JLP01/08/054742


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