Sujet

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

Légende

Filton Airfield, South Gloucestershire, 30/04/1950. Rapid Concrete Breaking Co Ltd trucks at Filton Airfield during construction of a runway, with construction work in progress beyond. 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

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Notre référence

HRM22A00_017

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

118,5Mo (4,2Mo) / 64,3cm x 46,2cm / 7590 x 5459 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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