Motorway base-laying JLP01_08_054742

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DAVENTRY, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Construction machines laying a dry-lean concrete base in Section D4 of the London to Yorkshire Motorway (the M1), as Laing workers dig a trench for central reservation drainage in the foreground.
Section D of the London to Yorkshire Motorway runs between Kislingbury and Dunchurch.
The caption beneath the corresponding album print notes the road is being laid to the east of Structure 113
Copyright © Historic England Archive. John Laing Photographic Collection
Media ID 24021755
Date: 4th November 2021
Copyright Status: Copyrighted Work
Source: Historic England Archive
Owner URL: https://images.historicenglandservices.org.uk/
Credit: A© Historic England Archive. Joh
Image Size: 6844 x 5213 Pixels
Filesize is 7.31MB
Associated Categories: M1 Motorway
Keywords: 1950s, civil engineering, construction, motorway, people, road transport, work