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JOHN LAING PLC. Tyne Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne,11/1949. Creator: John Laing plc.
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Title:
Tyne Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne,11/1949. Creator: John Laing plc.
Caption:
A Pickfords low loader transporting a W90 walking dragline excavator across the Tyne Bridge on its journey to Whitley Bay opencast coal site. This photograph is part of a batch showing a Ransome Rapier W90 walking dragline excavator being transported through the streets of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. It was on a 280 mile journey from one Laing contract at Carrington Coppice opencast coal mine in Derbyshire to another at Whitley Bay opencast coal mine.
Technique/material:
Photograph
Credit:
Album / Historic England Archive/Heritage Images
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Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:
5333 x 5580 px | 85.1 MB
Print size:
45.2 x 47.2 cm | 17.8 x 18.6 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1940S • 20TH CENTURY • BLACK & WHITE • BLACK AND WHITE • BRIDGE • BRITAIN • BRITISH • CENTURY • CONCEPT • CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY • COUNTRY • DECADE • ENGLAND • ENGLISH • EXCAVATOR • FORTIES • GEORGE V BRIDGE • HAULAGE • JOHN LAING PLC • JOHN • LAING • LOCATION • LORRY • LOW LOADER • MACHINE • MACHINERY • NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE • NEWCASTLE • NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE • PHOTOGRAPH • PLC • RAIN • RAINFALL • ROAD BRIDGE • ROAD TRANSPORT • STRUCTURE • TRANSPORT • TRANSPORTATION • TRANSPORTING • TRUCK • TRUCKS • TYNE & WEAR • TYNE BRIDGE • WEATHER • WET
