Sujet

RAF Gaydon, Gaydon, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, 01/06/1954. Creator: John Laing plc.

Légende

RAF Gaydon, Gaydon, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, 01/06/1954. A workman operating a Holman compactor during concreting of a runway or aircraft apron at Gaydon Airfield. Work began on the construction of a new runway at Gaydon Airfield in early 1952. This was followed by a second contract for the construction of more than 100 Easiform buildings, 23 Nissen Huts, and Air Ministry buildings. In 1954, Laing began building two new aircraft hangars at the airfield.

Date

1954

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Notre référence

HRM22A18_034

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

77,2Mo (3,9Mo) / 43,8cm x 44,2cm / 5172 x 5216 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation building England people male work man men worker country flight guy British runway English machine machinery military concrete location century Britain aviation concept airfield Warwickshire B&W fifties 1950s Construction Industry black & white black and white B W 20th century air base compacting workers decade TGN working photograph landing ground Historic England John Laing plc Laing John plc John Laing & Co John Laing and Company John Laing & Company John Laing and Co Gaydon RAF Gaydon compactor