Title

Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire, 30/04/1950. Creator: John Laing plc.

Caption

Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire, 30/04/1950. A sheepsfoot roller carrying out compaction work during the construction of the runway at Filton. Laing extended the runway westwards at Filton Airfield to accommodate the Bristol Brabazon airliner, which was being built at the airfield. Work began in July 1946 on the new runway, which was 2,725 yards long and 100 yards wide. The work required the requisitioning and removal of Charlton village and a temporary flying strip was laid, for use while the new runway was under construction.

Date

1950

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Reference

HRM22A00_013

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

141,0Mb (4,9Mb) / 27,1in x 20,2in / 8119 x 6071 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation England engineering country flight British runway English machine machinery location infrastructure century Britain roller aviation airfield civil engineering rolling Bristol B&W fifties 1950s Construction Industry black & white black and white B W 20th century compacting decade TGN photograph Filton landing ground Historic England John Laing plc Laing John plc John Laing & Co John Laing and Company John Laing & Company John Laing and Co Filton Aerodrome Filton Airfield sheepsfoot roller