Title

Construction of the Needle Eye Bridge over the M1 at Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters

Caption

Construction of the Needle Eye Bridge over the M1 at Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 1963. During the construction of the M1 in the early 1960s a great number of bridge structures needed to be created. One such bridge was Needle Eye, which is located on the Barnsley section. Built by Dowsett Civil Engineering, the bridge was photographed for the Yorkshire Bank's report and accounts in April of 1963.

Date

2009

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Worldwide Photography

Reference

HRM19D73_019

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,6Mb) / 12,3in x 15,8in / 3682 x 4748 (300dpi)

Keywords

motorway building buildings England industry country bridge scaffold scaffolding British crane cranes English color colour building site location century Britain company concept civil engineering south yorkshire under construction metaphor m1 Sixties Construction Industry 1960s 20th century Barnsley TGN work in progress photograph Paul Walters Worldwide Photography Ltd. Michael Walters Dowsett Civil Engineering Needle Eye Bridge Walters Michael photograph