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M62 Eccles to County Boundary

List of material held in the Lancashire CC Record Office

ITEMDESCRIPTIONDATEAUTHOR/ORIGINATOR

1

'Engineer Appreciation'
( pages)
1962F R Oliver OBE
2Route Location and Preliminary Design
Personal Memories
(9 pages)

1998

A C Henry
3Lowering and Dualling the East Lancashire Road A580
(2 pages)
1970D Barlow
Resident Engineer
4Lowering and Dualling the East Lancashire Road A580
(3 pages)
1970L Taggart
R McGregor & Sons Ltd
5Bridge Reconstruction at Besses o' th' Barn.
(2 pages)
January 1968The Railway Gazette
6Advance Works
Road and Rail Bridges at Besses o' th' Barn
(2 pages)
1970J F Davies
Resident Engineer
British Railways
7Advance Works
Road and Rail Bridges at Besses o' th' Barn
(2 pages)

1970

A B Hewitt
Leonard Fairclough Ltd
8Contracts M62/1 and 2
Bridgeworks and Preliminary Earthworks at Worsley and Swinton
(7 pages)

2000

A C Henry
9Contracts M 62/1 and 2
Advance Bridgeworks etc
Liverpool East Lancashire Road A 580 to the Irwell Valley
(3 pages)

1970

R Greatrix MBE
10Contracts M 62/1 and 2
Advance Bridgeworks etc
Liverpool East Lancashire Road A 580 to the Irwell Valley
(3 pages)

1998

R Greatrix MBE
11Advance Bridgeworks
Contracts M62/1, 2 and 5

1970

M S Padmore
Costain Ltd
12Contract M62/2
Worsley to Whitefield Section
(2 pages)

1970

G Cartwright
A Monk & Co Ltd
13Contract M 62/3
Rakewood Viaduct
(3 pages)

1970

A A Smales
Resident Engineer
14Contract M 62/3
Rakewood Viaduct
(4 pages)

1970

D A Stephenson
Reed & Mallik Ltd
15Contract M62/4
Advance contract
Milnrow to Rakewood Viaduct

1970

R J Clear
Resident Engineer
16Contract M62/4
Advance contract
Milnrow to Rakewood Viaduct
(2 pages)

1970

G S Williams
Sir Alfred McAlpine & Son Ltd
17Contract M62/4
Advance contract
Milnrow to Rakewood Viaduct
(2 pages)

1970

I G Trueman
Leonard Fairclough Ltd
18Contract M62/5
Advance bridgeworks Heywood to Rochdale
(3 pages)

1970

J H Thomas
Resident Engineer
19Contract M62/6
A580 to A56
(Basic information file)
(7 pages)

1968

Lancashire Sub-unit
NWRCU
20Contract M62/6
A580 to A56
( 4 pages)

1970

T E Gartside
Resident Engineer
21Contract M62/7
Whitefield to Yorkshire Boundary
Basic information file
(9 pages)

1969

Lancashire Sub-unit
NWRCU
22Contract M62/7
Whitefield to Yorkshire Boundary
(3 pages)

1970

R J Clear
Resident Engineer
23Contract M62/7
Whitefield to Yorkshire Boundary
(2 pages)

1970

M C Jackson
Sir Lindsay Parkinson & Co Ltd
24Contract M62/8
Worsley Court House to A580
(3 pages)

1970

C Andrews
Resident Engineer
25Contract M62/8
Worsley Court House to A580
(5 pages)

1970

J Lindsay Smith
Reed & Mallik Ltd
26Linking the M62 and M61 Motorways in Lancashire
(11 pages)

April 1971

Roads and Road Construction
27'Motorway across the Pennines'
The Lancashire-Yorkshire Motorway M62 and Scammonden Dam
Inaugural Visit by HM the Queen
(50 pages)

14 October 1971

Department of the Environment
Lancashire CC
W Riding CC
Huddersfield CBC
28'Motorways in Lancashire under construction -1969'
(13 pages including photo, maps and diagrams)

1970

Lancashire County Council
Ministry of Transport
29'England's Mountain Motorway'
(The Lancashire –Yorkshire Motorway M62)
(11 pages including photos, maps and diagrams)

1970

S Maynard Lovell CBE
County Engineer & Surveyor
West Riding of Yorkshire
30Stability of Slopes on the Lancashire Pennine Section between Rakewood and Moss Moor
Includes paper by E J Arrowsmith covering case histories of four rock slips in the construction of M61 and M62
(Large file with Appendices)

October 1972

Chief Engineer
Lancashire Sub-unit
NWRCU