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M61. Manchester to Preston

List of material held in the Lancashire CC Record Office

ITEMDESCRIPTIONDATEAUTHOR/ORIGINATOR

1

Extract from 'Building the network: The North West of England'
(6 pages)
2005H L Yeadon
The Motorway Archive Trust
2Recollections of the construction of M61
( 3 pages)

1998

R Greatrix MBE
3Memories of the construction of M61 and M62
(4 pages)

1998

R Greatrix MBE
4Diagrammatic description of bridgeworks
(5 pages)

1967

County Surveyor and Bridgemaster
5Horwich Link to Preston By-pass
Opening Brochure
(11 pages)

28 November 1969

NWRCU
Lancashire sub-unit
6Motorways in Lancashire under construction
(14 pages)

1969

NWRCU
Lancashire sub-unit
7Farnworth - Kearsley By-pass
Opened 21 December 1967
(25 pages)

2000

W M Johnson MBE
8Eastern Limb of the Inner Relief Road (Bolton)
Official Opening
(25 pages)

21 December 1971

G F Read
Bolton CBC
9Horwich to Worsley Section
Rider's Farm Bridge
Reminiscences
(1 page)

1967

R H N Sinclair
10The Construction of Motorways in Lancashire
(20 pages)

1970

Lancashire County Council
11Contract M61/2
Advance contract - Peat removal at Worsley Braided Interchange
(2 pages)

1970

R C Roscoe
Resident Engineer
12Contract M61/2
Advance contract - Peat removal at Worsley Braided Interchange
(3 pages)

1970

P R Whiting
Costain
13Contract M61/7
Worsley Braided Interchange to Horwich Link
(Basic information file)
(7 pages)

1969

NWRCU
Lancashire sub-unit
14Contract M61/7
Worsley Braided Interchange to Horwich Link
(4 pages)

1970

C Young MBE
15Contract M61/7
Worsley Braided Interchange to Horwich Link
(3 pages)

1970

B W Stanley
Sir Alfred McAlpine & Son Ltd
16Contract M61/7
Worsley Braided Interchange to Horwich Link
(2 pages)

1970

B Taylor
Leonard Fairclough Ltd
17Personal Memories
(7 pages)

2000

A C Henry
18Linking the M62 and M61 Motorways in Lancashire
(11 pages)

April 1971

Roads and Road Construction
19M61- M62 Motorways and The Worsley Braided Interchange
Official Opening Brochure
(20 pages)

17 December 1970

NWRCU
Lancashire sub-unit
20Slope stability
Paper covering case histories of four rock slips in the construction of the M61 and M62
(9 pages)

1970

E J Arrowsmith