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M6 Motorway, M6, Swynnerton, Stafford, Staffordshire, UK, 1961 (b/w photo)

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EHT6620591
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M6 Motorway, M6, Swynnerton, Stafford, Staffordshire, UK, 1961 (b/w photo)
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1961 AD (C20th AD)
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Two workers operating a percussion drilling rig during the construction of Section C of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6), near Trentham Park_x000D_ _x000D_ 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 C was 5 miles in length between Beech and Keele. The typed caption below the photograph reads 'Two of the four percussion drilling rigs engaged on a full scale investigation to prove quantity and quality of aggregate available for cement stabilised granular base near Trentham Park.'

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© Historic England / John Laing Photographic Collection / Bridgeman Images
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Birmingham / England / United Kingdom / Europe / West Midlands
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