Sujet

Construction of the M6 Motorway, Stafford, Staffordshire, 20/06/1961. Creator: John Laing plc.

Légende

Two men felling trees on a piece of land destined to become part of Section A 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 A was 51/4 miles in length between Dunston and Whitgreave.

Date

1961

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Notre référence

HRM21B15_438

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

80,9Mo (5,6Mo) / 44,9cm x 45,1cm / 5307 x 5325 (300dpi)

Mots clés

motorway nature tree road building England people male work man men plant plants engineering worker country construction guy British English location infrastructure century Britain concept civil engineering B&W Staffordshire felling m6 stafford Sixties Construction Industry black & white black and white B W Tree felling 1960s 20th century workers trees TGN tree-felling working photograph road building Historic England John Laing plc Laing John plc roadbuilding