Title

M6 Motorway, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, 20/08/1962. Creator: John Laing plc.

Caption

Laing construction vehicles carrying out earthmoving on Section D of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6). The work on the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6), between junctions J13 to J16 started in June 1960 and was carried out by John Laing Construction Ltd. Section D was 7 1/2 miles in length between Keele and Barthomley.

Date

1962

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Reference

HRM21A84_329

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

82,4Mb (5,3Mb) / 17,9in x 17,9in / 5362 x 5369 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation motorway road UK England vehicle vehicles work engineering country British English machine machinery location infrastructure century Britain concept civil engineering B&W Staffordshire m6 earth mover Sixties Construction Industry black & white black and white B W 1960s 20th century TGN working photograph road building Historic England John Laing plc Laing John plc roadbuilding