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JOHN LAING PLC. RAF Gaydon, Gaydon, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire,11/10/1952. Creator: John Laing plc.

JOHN LAING PLC. RAF Gaydon, Gaydon, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, 11/10/1952. Work underway on the construction of a new runway at Gaydon Airfield, showing a Wright's roller and a pedestrian roller compacting the concrete working course. Work began on the construction of a runway at Gaydon Airfield in early 1952. As part of the project, a former runway, largely abandoned following the Second World War, was superseded by a newly constructed runway nearly 1 3/4 miles long and 200 feet wide. Also built were access tracks and a taxi-track. The runway was constructed on 8 inches of hardcore, with four inches of concrete laid on top, followed by 12 inches of high grade concrete, and completed with 2 1/2 inches of tarmacadam and 1 1/2 inches of bituminous macadam. This photograph was published in the March 1953 edition of 'Team Spirit', the Laing employee newsletter.
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RAF Gaydon, Gaydon, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire,11/10/1952. Creator: John Laing plc.
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RAF Gaydon, Gaydon, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, 11/10/1952. Work underway on the construction of a new runway at Gaydon Airfield, showing a Wright's roller and a pedestrian roller compacting the concrete working course. Work began on the construction of a runway at Gaydon Airfield in early 1952. As part of the project, a former runway, largely abandoned following the Second World War, was superseded by a newly constructed runway nearly 1 3/4 miles long and 200 feet wide. Also built were access tracks and a taxi-track. The runway was constructed on 8 inches of hardcore, with four inches of concrete laid on top, followed by 12 inches of high grade concrete, and completed with 2 1/2 inches of tarmacadam and 1 1/2 inches of bituminous macadam. This photograph was published in the March 1953 edition of 'Team Spirit', the Laing employee newsletter.
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5304 x 5348 px | 81.2 MB
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44.9 x 45.3 cm | 17.7 x 17.8 in (300 dpi)
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