Cat Drivers, Hala Hill, Scotforth - 1959
Two of the Caterpillar drivers I met early that summer - I earned some pocket money taking photos of the men and their machines at work on various sections of the motorway.
The Lancaster By-Pass, now part of the M6, was one of the earliest sections of motorway to be constructed in Britain. Work began following on from the Preston By-Pass (M6) and the M1. The new 2 lane each way road was 11.5 miles long, between Hampson Green, just south of Galgate to Carnforth Level north of Lancaster, both accessed from the old A6 highway.
View taken: 27 May 1959, at Blea Tarn Road Bridge (Hala Hill), Scotforth.
Camera: Braun Paxette 1 (1953), Steinheil Cassar f2.8 45mm lens, Prontor SVS shutter.
Film: Kodak Plus X.
Scanner: Epson V800 with Epson software.
Cat Drivers, Hala Hill, Scotforth - 1959
Two of the Caterpillar drivers I met early that summer - I earned some pocket money taking photos of the men and their machines at work on various sections of the motorway.
The Lancaster By-Pass, now part of the M6, was one of the earliest sections of motorway to be constructed in Britain. Work began following on from the Preston By-Pass (M6) and the M1. The new 2 lane each way road was 11.5 miles long, between Hampson Green, just south of Galgate to Carnforth Level north of Lancaster, both accessed from the old A6 highway.
View taken: 27 May 1959, at Blea Tarn Road Bridge (Hala Hill), Scotforth.
Camera: Braun Paxette 1 (1953), Steinheil Cassar f2.8 45mm lens, Prontor SVS shutter.
Film: Kodak Plus X.
Scanner: Epson V800 with Epson software.