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The Warrington-Preston section of M6 (J20 to J29)

List of material held in the Lancashire CC Record Office

ITEMDESCRIPTIONDATEAUTHOR/ORIGINATOR

1

Introduction
(5 pages)
February 1999C. Young

2

Design of Bridges
(2 pages)
1999J Wallwork

3

Contact with Landowners
(2 pages)
1999F.Lawton

4

Contract 3
Instructions for Tendering
Form of Tender, Agreement and Bond
Specification
Notes to Contractors
(60 pages)
1960Lancashire County Council

5

Contract 2
Supplementary Specification
Earthworks
Bill 10 - Earthworks
Bill 11 Supplementary Roadworks and Bridgeworks
Volume IV
(27 pages)
1960Lancashire County Council

6

Contract 3
Supplementary Specification
Earthworks
Bill 10 - Earthworks
Bill 11 Supplementary Roadworks and Bridgeworks
Volume IV
(27 pages)
1960Lancashire County Council

7

3 No Press Cuttings concerning review and acceptance of Tenders1960/61Lancashire Evening Post et al

8

Present Position of Motorways in Lancashire, with particular reference to Warrington to Preston Section of M6
(12 pages)
The folder also contains the following Progress Reports:
1962Ministry of Transport
Lancashire County Council
Contractors

 

Thelwall Bridge and Approaches
Descriptive Leaflet
(7 pages)
1961Ministry of Transport
Lancashire County Council
Contractors

 

Thelwall Bridge and Approaches
Contract 1
(2 pages)
August 1962Ministry of Transport
Lancashire County Council
Contractors

 

Gathurst Viaduct
(2 pages)
March 1962Ministry of Transport
Lancashire County Council
Contractors

 

Progress Report No.3
Contracts 2, 3 and 6
(12 pages)
August 1962Ministry of Transport
Lancashire County Council
Contractors

 

Leonard Fairclough News
(12 relevant pages)
Spring 1962Leonard Fairclough Ltd

 

Leonard Fairclough News
(12 relevant pages)
Christmas 1962Leonard Fairclough Ltd

9

Recollections
(15 pages)
1999A G Morris

10

Recollections
(3 pages)
1999R Greatrix

11

The Construction of Thelwall Bridge(14 pages)
Diagrams (7 pages)
1963P Ashcroft

12

Official Opening Brochure
Rt. Hon. Ernest Marples MP Minister of Transport
(19 pages)
29 July 1963Ministry of Transport
Lancashire County Council
Contractors

13

'The Road from the South'
Humorous conclusion to the completion of the construction of this Section of M6
(4 pages)
29 July 1963Engineers
Contractors

14

Thelwall New Viaduct
Design and Construction
(5 pages)
1992RA. Mathews & R.E. Warner
Pell Frischmann

15

Thelwall New Viaduct
Main Contract
Description of WorksThelwall New Viaduct
Design and Construction
(5 pages)
1993Department of Transport
Pell Frischmann
Tarmac Construction

16

M6 Widening
Information leaflet
(6 pages)
May 1994Department of Transport
Pell Frischmann
Tarmac Construction

17

Thelwall Viaduct
(3 pages)
1995J .A. Land
Pell Frischmann

18

The Structural Steel Design Awards Scheme
Thelwall New Viaduct
(9 pages)
1996Pell Frischmann

19

Inspection and Maintenance Facilities for the Thelwall New Viaduct
(7 pages)
1995J A. Land & RA.Mathews
Pell Frischmann

20

Thelwall Viaduct Reconstruction
(3 pages)
1996Rod Chilton
Pell Frischmann

21

Thelwall New Viaduct
Opening Brochure
John Wafts MP
Minister for Railways and Roads
(4 pages)
28 July 1995Highways Agency
Pell Frischmann
Tarmac Construction

22

Album of coloured photographs of 44 bridges, each with a brief description of its form of construction1963Ribblesdale Cement Ltd