Sujet

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

Légende

Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire, 30/04/1950. A 10 ton rubber tyred wobble wheel roller, pulled by a caterpillar tractor, compacting ground during the construction of a new runway at Filton Airfield. 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. The base course formation was compacted in 8 inch layers, first by sheepsfoot rolls, then by 10 ton wobble wheel rollers, and finally by 8 to 10 ton power rollers. The caption below this photograph in the album reads: "Rubber-tired (sic) roller finally produces a fairly finished surface."

Date

1950

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Notre référence

HRM22A00_015

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

144,6Mo (5,5Mo) / 69,5cm x 52,1cm / 8210 x 6154 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation England vehicle engineering industry country flight British runway English caterpillar industrial machine machinery location infrastructure century Britain rubber roller aviation company airfield tractor tyre tyres 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 wobble wheel roller