MT 95/726
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Chiswick-Langley: general. Includes 10 photographs depicting: M4 motorway: construction at Chiswick, Brentford and Boston Manor. ...
| Date range | 1962-1963 |
| Location | National Archives (see all files stored here) |
| Catalogue | See entry |
| File base | Series MT, subseries MT 95 |
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This file is truly delightful. It is likely to bring a smile to your face, probably because it contains the sort of thing that makes trawling through dusty archive documents worthwhile. The thing in this file that makes your day might actually have nothing to do with its subject matter. |
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Context
You don't get much less misfiled than this in the National Archives. This file contains 10 photographs of the eastern section of the M4 under construction, including both on the ground and aerial shots. You can easily see the famous "ironing board" J2 under construction, and how the M4 was plugged into the existing Chiswick Flyover.
There's a bunch of other stuff in here, including various technical drawings of the viaducts, but the pictures alone make this file worth investigating.
People with camera copies
Ritchie has copies of the photos.
