[]
Your ongoing selection
Asset(s) Assets
Your quote 0

Your selection

Clear selection
{"event":"pageview","page_type1":"catalog","page_type2":"image_page","language":"en","user_logged":"false","user_type":"ecommerce","nl_subscriber":"false"}
{"event":"ecommerce_event","event_name":"view_item","event_category":"browse_catalog","ecommerce":{"items":[{"item_id":"EHT6619754","item_brand":"other","item_category":"photo","item_category2":"no_copyright","item_category3":"standard","item_category5":"not_balown","item_list_name":"search_results","item_name":"eden_cumbria_uk_1969_b_w_photo","item_variant":"undefined"}]}}
Metadata Block (Hidden)

Contact us for further help

High res file dimension

Search for more high res images or videos

Eden, Cumbria, UK, 1969 (b/w photo)

IMAGE number
EHT6619754
Image title
Eden, Cumbria, UK, 1969 (b/w photo)
Auto-translated text View Original Source
Date
1969 AD (C20th AD)
Image description

Photographer, John Laing and Son Ltd; Builder, John Laing Construction Ltd; A view of the construction of the M6 Motorway through the Lune Gorge, showing dump trucks on the haul road leading from the Lawtland House viaduct and Roger Howe bridge The work on the Lune Gorge section of the M6 Motorway between Killington and Tebay (Junction 37 - Junction 38) was carried out by John Laing Construction Ltd. Work started in October 1967 and the motorway was opened to traffic in October 1970. On this stretch of the M6, 20 bridges and 17 culverts were built across rivers and streams. The Lawtland House viaduct (NY6116502666) was built to carry the A685 over the M6 and the Roger Howe bridge (NY6129602758) carried the same road over the River Lune. This photograph was published in September 1969 in Laing's monthly newsletter 'Team Spirit'.

Photo credit
© Historic England / John Laing Photographic Collection / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
motorway / building site / viaduct
Leave the work to our dedicated Account Managers
License details
Your details
*
*
*
*
*
Asset - General information
Permissions
More info
Permission required for non-editorial use (inc book and magazine covers). Please contact us
Largest available format 6849 × 5406 px 23 MB
Dimension [pixels] Dimension in 300dpi [mm] File size [MB]
Large 6849 × 5406 px 580 × 458 mm 22.9 MB
Medium 1024 × 809 px 87 × 69 mm 563 KB

Similar Images