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YB00520-24Image YB00520-24Construction of road viaduct over railway line on approach to Runcorn Bridge.Widnes 1960/61
The Railway viaduct is visable beyond
YB00520-25Image YB00520-25Construction of road viaduct over railway line on approach to Runcorn Bridge.Widnes 1960/61
The Railway viaduct is visable to the left of this shot - Newtown in distance
YB00524-tRequest PreviewA577 Orrell Road - East Mount / Shelley Drive area, Wigan.Orrell Road c1959/60
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Series of photographs showing properties prior to demolition to make way for M6 and surrounding land.
YB00526-19Image YB00526-19Thomas Bolton and Sons, Widnes, from A557Widnes 1960/61
YB00526-22Image YB00526-22Runcorn Bridge, railway viaduct and new road bridge seen from Thomas Bolton and Sons works.Widnes 1960/61
YB00526-tRequest PreviewConstruction A557 Widnes.Widnes 1960/61
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24 negatives showing work in the vicinity of the Thomas Bolton and Sons works including some shots inside their works. Includes shots of their railway with trucks. Many of these negatives suffer from camera shake.
YB00539-01Image YB00539-01Runcorn Bridge during construction.Widnes 1960/61
YB00539-02Image YB00539-02Runcorn Bridge during construction.Widnes 1960/61
YB00539-03Image YB00539-03Runcorn Bridge during construction.Widnes 1960/61
YB00539-04Image YB00539-04Runcorn Bridge during construction.Widnes 1960/61
YB00539-05Image YB00539-05Runcorn Bridge during construction.Widnes 1960/61
YB00548-01Image YB00548-01Runcorn Bridge during construction.Widnes 1960/61
Taken from adjacent rail bridge.
YB00548-02Image YB00548-02Runcorn Bridge and approach roads A557 and A533 during construction.Widnes 1960/61
Taken from railway bridge walkway.
YB00548-03Image YB00548-03Runcorn Bridge and approach roads A557 and A533 during construction.Widnes 1960/61
Note pedestrians using railway bridge walkway.
YB00548-04Image YB00548-04Runcorn Bridge and approach roads A557 and A533 during construction.Widnes 1960/61
North side of bridge carrying A533 over A557(N)
YB00548-05Image YB00548-05Runcorn Bridge and approach roads A557 and A533 during construction.Widnes 1960/61
Work on bridge carrying A533 over A557(N)
YB00548-06Image YB00548-06Runcorn Bridge and approach roads A557 and A533 during construction.Widnes 1960/61
Note steam engine on railway viaduct
YB00548-07Image YB00548-07Runcorn Bridge and approach roads during construction.Widnes 1960/61
Route of northbound A557 is about centre of the photo
YB00548-08Image YB00548-08Runcorn Bridge and approach roads during construction.Widnes 1960/61
Looking along route of northbound A557
YB00548-10Image YB00548-10Launching work/safety boat into canal1960/61
Exact location to be identified
YB00548-11Image YB00548-11Working on bridge or canal lock (?)1960/61
Exact location to be identified
YB00548-12Image YB00548-12Launching work/safety boat into canal1960/61
Exact location to be identified
YB00548-13Image YB00548-13Working on bridge or canal lock (?)1960/61
Exact location to be identified
YB00548-14Image YB00548-14Working on bridge or canal lock (?)1960/61
Exact location to be identified. Note glimpse of canal on RH side of this shot
YB00548-15Image YB00548-15Working on bridge or canal lock (?)1960/61
Exact location to be identified
YB00548-16Image YB00548-16Working on bridge or canal lock (?)1960/61
Exact location to be identified.
YB00562-02Image YB00562-02M6 site photos Warrington - Preston (J20 - J29)M6 site photos Warrington - Preston (J20 - J29)tbd c1959
Exact location tbd. Crane on extreme left belongs to Leonard Fairclough so this is probably the site of a bridge or culvert.
YB00562-13Image YB00562-13M6 site photos Warrington - Preston (J20 - J29)M6 site photos Warrington - Preston (J20 - J29)tbd c1959
Exact location tbd. Sign on left indicates "Motorway" with original M-way symbol. M-way sign to right shows "Lancaster Blackburn Skipton" whilst sign pointing right reads "Chorley". Possibly south end of Preston By-Pass ?
YB00562-17Image YB00562-17M6 site photos Warrington - Preston (J20 - J29)M6 site photos Warrington - Preston (J20 - J29)tbd c1959
Exact location tbd. Double decker bus belongs to Ribble.
YB00562-34Image YB00562-34M6 site photos Warrington - Preston (J20 - J29)M6 site photos Warrington - Preston (J20 - J29)tbd c1959
Exact location tbd. Possibly Back Lane, Leyland?
YB00562-35Image YB00562-35M6 site photos Warrington - Preston (J20 - J29) Rose Whittles Railway BridgeM6 site photos Warrington - Preston (J20 - J29)Back Lane, Leyland c1959
Demolished in the early 1960s and replaced with modern bridge carrying M6 over railway.
YB00562-36Image YB00562-36M6 site photos Warrington - Preston (J20 - J29) Rose Whittles Railway BridgeM6 site photos Warrington - Preston (J20 - J29)Back Lane, Leyland c1959
Demolished in the early 1960s and replaced with modern bridge carrying M6 over railway.
YB00562-37Image YB00562-37M6 site photos Warrington - Preston (J20 - J29) Rose Whittles Railway BridgeM6 site photos Warrington - Preston (J20 - J29)Back Lane, Leyland c1959
Demolished in the early 1960s and replaced with modern bridge carrying M6 over railway.
YB00562-37d1Image YB00562-37d1Euxton Coal Sidings boxBack Lane, Leyland c1959
L&NWR type 4 box closed 14th November 1965 and subsequently dmolished. Detail from original negative
YB00562-38Image YB00562-38M6 site photos Warrington - Preston (J20 - J29) Rose Whittles Railway BridgeM6 site photos Warrington - Preston (J20 - J29)Back Lane, Leyland c1959
Demolished in the early 1960s and replaced with modern bridge carrying M6 over railway.
YB00562-tRequest PreviewM6 site photos Warrington - Preston (J20 - J29)M6 site photos Warrington - Preston (J20 - J29)tbd c1959
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A total of 37 negatives taken just after the start of work on this section. Excat locations to be identified but photos taken is the sequence indicated by the Cat#s.were probably taken North to South along the route.
YB00566-01Image YB00566-01View across Penwortham cross roads.Penwortham, Preston c1960
YB00566-02Image YB00566-02View down Cop Lane from junction with Liverpool Road, Penwortham.Penwortham, Preston c1960
YB00566-03Image YB00566-03West bound traffic on A59 Liverpool Road, Penwortham.Penwortham, Preston c1960
YB00566-04Image YB00566-04West bound traffic on A59 Liverpool Road, Penwortham.Penwortham, Preston c1960
YB00566-05Image YB00566-05West bound traffic on A59 Liverpool Road, Penwortham.Penwortham, Preston c1960
YB00566-06Image YB00566-06West bound traffic on A59 Liverpool Road, Penwortham.Penwortham, Preston c1960
YB00566-07Image YB00566-07Looking towards top of Penwortham BrowPenwortham, Preston c1960
YB00566-08Image YB00566-08West bound traffic at top of Penwortham Brow on A59 Liverpool Road, .Penwortham, Preston c1960
YB00566-09Image YB00566-09West bound traffic assending Penwortham Brow on A59 Liverpool Road, .Penwortham, Preston c1960
YB00566-09d1Image YB00566-09d1RMV 212Austin K4 Series 2 Loadstar lutonWaring & GillowPenwortham Brow, Preston c1960
Our thanks to Mike Wedgwood-Benn for correcting both the model and the owner.
YB00566-10Image YB00566-10West bound traffic climbing Penwortham Brow - A59 Liverpool Road, .Penwortham, Preston c1960
The lorry is a Bedford J type dropside of John Chew & Co Ltd from Blackburn.
YB00566-10d1Image YB00566-10d1JCB 455Bedford J type dropsideJohn Chew & CoPenwortham Brow, Preston c1960
YB00566-11Image YB00566-11View from Penwortham Brow across The Holme and A582 with Park Hotel and Ribble Viaduct in distance.Penwortham, Preston c1960
YB00566-12Image YB00566-12View from Penwortham Brow across The Holme and A582 with Park Hotel in distance.Penwortham, Preston c1960