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A627(M) Rochdale to Oldham Motorway.
List of material held in the Lancashire CC Record Office

ITEMDESCRIPTIONDATEAUTHOR/ORIGINATOR
1

Opening Brochure.

December 1971

County Surveyor’s Department.
Lancashire County Council

2Papers from Symposium 'The Construction of Motorways in Lancashire' marking twenty-fifth year of the Lancashire County Engineering Society.

Paper by Resident Engineer describing the early stages of the contract.

November 1970

W M Johnson

Paper by road contractor’s Agent describing early stages from his viewpoint.

November 1970W Brown
Sir Alfred McAlpine & Son Ltd-

Paper by bridge contractor’s Agent describing early stages from his viewpoint.

November 1970R Parish
Leonard Fairclough(AMEC) Ltd
3

A627(M) Rochdale-Oldham Motorway.
A paper describing the conception and development of the scheme, the construction and its aftermath.
A mixture of research material and personal recollections of the Resident Engineer.

1999W M Johnson.
4

1/5000 Scheme Drawings (10 No sheets).
(Currently deposited at the Environment Directorate, Cross Street, Preston)

1969/70

Lancashire County Council

5

Rochdale-Oldham Motorway Link A627.(M) with M62.
A briefing note prepared for ‘couriers’ on visits to site

June 1971

W M Johnson

6

Minutes of the Lancashire County Council, Highways and Bridges Committee.
CC/MBM/66 - CC/MBM/85
Deposited LCCRO

1955 to 1974

Lancashire County Council

7

Various contemporary notes.
Random papers produced by the Lancashire County Council before and during the currency of the contract of varying value.
Boxes 2643, 2654 and 2673 Deposited at Greater Manchester County Records Office, Manchester

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Lancashire County Council

8

Opening Ceremony.
Photographs of participants in opening ceremony taken at Chadderton Roundabout.
One sheet of proofs and two prints of James Drake being interviewed by a radio reporter

17th January 1972

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