Catalogue

Colour slides illustrating the construction of the Durham Motorway, A194(M), 1968 - 1970

Colour slide of a location map showing the A194(M), 1968 - 1970

Colour slide showing the network of known Roman roads, modern principal roads, and motorways developed so far in England, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide of a typical country road, re-surfaced to carry motor traffic, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide showing a cross-section of a country lane and an urban road, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide showing cross-sections of 19th century road construction, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide showing cross-sections of a typical Roman road, and a motorway of the 1950s, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide showing a construction plan of the 1960s, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide showing plan and section of the A194(M), Havannah, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide showing plan and section of the A194(M), Havannah to Follingsby, 1968 -1970

Colour slide showing plan and section of the A194(M), Follingsby to Wardley, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide of Springwell Village, taken after the A194(M) motorway was opened and traffic by-passed the village, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide showing a diagram, in graph form, of the work involved in earth-moving operations for the A194(M) motorway, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide showing a map of the area, with details of places from which in-fill has been taken for the A194(M) motorway, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide showing the A194(M) motorway construction over the railway bridge at Wardley, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide of a machine placing pulverised fuel ash behind the railway bridge at Wardley, during the construction of the A194(M) motorway, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide of a machine compacting a slag sub-base at Peareth Hall, during the A194(M) construction, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide of a machine laying drainage for the A194(M) motorway at Peareth Hall, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide showing the laying of a bituminous base-course at Peareth Hall, for the A194(M) motorway, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide showing the bituminous base-course at Peareth Hall, for the A194(M) motorway, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide showing hot rolled asphalt being laid at Peareth Hall, for the A194(M) motorway, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide of the bitumen wearing course being laid at Havannah, for the A194(M) motorway, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide showing a rubber-wheeled roller on the bitupane surface of the A194(M) motorway, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide showing a machine laying the bitupane surface on the hard shoulder of the A194(M) motorway, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide showing a machine carrying out hydraulic seeding on the verges of the A194(M) motorway, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide showing two men checking for deflection of the carriageway under load on the A194(M) motorway, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide showing the completed section of the A194(M) motorway, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide showing traffic on the completed section of the A194(M) motorway at Peareth Bridge, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide showing the site office and supervisory staff who worked on the A194(M) motorway, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide showing the Piper aircraft used to take aerial views of the A194(M) motorway, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide showing aerial views of the A194(M) motorway, south from Wardley, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide showing an aerial view of the Follingsby interchange on the A194(M) motorway, looking south, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide showing aerial views of the A194(M) motorway from Follingsby to Peareth, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide showing an aerial view of the A194(M) motorway from Follingsby to its junction with the A1(M), 1968 - 1970

Colour slide showing an aerial view of the A194(M) motorway with Peareth Hall in the centre of the view, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide showing an aerial view of the Havannah junction on the A194(M) motorway, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide showing an aerial view of the A194(M) motorway at its junction with the A1(M), under construction, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide showing an aerial view of the A1(M) looking south, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide showing an aerial view of the A1(M) at the interchange with the A167, Chester-le-Street, 1968 - 1970

Colour slide showing an aerial view of the A1(M), looking south, 1968 - 1970

Descriptions of slides in D/X 1192/1

Newspaper cutting on the completion of the Durham Motorway, n.d. [1970]

Photographs of the construction of the Durham motorway, 1968 - 1970

Photograph of machine excavating between the A1(M) and Havannah, captioned: ' Unsuitable' taken off-site to adjacent landscape area. Plant - The D8 'Tracked' Dozer - a short haul vehicle is towing 14/16 cu.yd. scraper box, 1968 - 1970

Photograph of machine excavating between A1(M) and Havannah, captioned: Exc[avation] as per [D/X 1192/4(1)] but operating under better conditions, 1968 - 1970

Photograph of an excavator working on the A1(M), captioned: 21/24 cu. yds. Motorised scraper used on longer-haul operations, 1968 - 1970

Photograph of machinery working on A1(M), captioned: Fill, spread, imported material from 'borrow pit' within Washington New Town Site (site preparation for Dev[elopment] Corp[oration], 1968 - 1970

Photograph of excavators working on the A1(M), captioned: Compact of fill material. Motorised scraper depositing in layers. D8 Dozer spreading and towing 2 no. 72", vibrating rollers to cope with quantities moved, 1968 - 1970

Photograph of construction of the A1(M), captioned: Follingsby Bridge and Highway Const[ruction] in progress with highway passing through on temporary road, 1968 - 1970

Photograph of construction of a road at the Metro-Centre, captioned: Placing and compacting pulverised fuel ash (P.F.A.) lightweight fill behind bridge abutment using light rollers P.F.A. ex Dunston Power Station, and N.B. P.F.A. 'farmed' from lagoons and de-watered before transport water content critical at 14%, 1968 - 1970

Photograph of machinery excavating rock on the A1(M), captioned: Final running at base of rock exc[avation] using arrowhead breaker. Bulk excavation was done with 'Kelly' ripper mounted on the back of a D9 bulldozer, and N.B. The excavated rock was lifted - transported and placed in fill area using 28/30 cu. yd. motorised scrapers, 1968 - 1970

Photograph of drainage through areas of rock on the A1(M), captioned: the track line was first 'pop-blasted' then excavated. Pipes laid on a lean-mix concrete bed, 1968 - 1970

Photograph of rollers compacting the sub-base on the A1(M), captioned: Compaction: - Granular sub-base, note conventional road-roller in the background, but in the main the newly introduced vibrating roller was used throughout and few of this 'Bomag' roller were available and it took pressar [pressure] to keep it, 1968 - 1970

Photograph of machines carrying out surface dressing on the A1(M), captioned: It was required that sub-base courses were to be bitumen sprayed and 'chipped' to give protection until the bituminous course laid, and laying and compaction of sub-base, granular material required it to be placed in 2 layers to ensure max density (any frost susceptible material in bottom layer, 1968 - 1970

Photograph of the A1(M), captioned: Extensive length of dual carriageway, surface dressed prior to channel blocks and bit:base being laid, 1968 - 1970

Photograph of preparations for channel blocks on the A1(M), captioned: Foundations for laying of channel blocks, 1968 - 1970

Photograph of machines laying bitumen on the A1(M), captioned: Laying bitumen-base in 3 layers (total depth 250 mm) Two machines and attended rollers were engaged. echelon output 1000 tonne/day, 1968 - 1970

Photograph of the A1(M), captioned: H.R.A. wearing coat in progress for carriageway (note chipping stock pile). Nearside, c[arriage]w[a]y with base course to H.R.A. surface, 1968 - 1970

Photograph of machines working on the A1(M), captioned: Base course to hot rolled asphalt - having been laid the final wearing coat is in progress. The 'train' of plant comprises - wagon feeding hot rolled asphalt, surfacing machine, chipping spreader, roller. The following straight edge checks the surface [for] any irregularities, 1968 - 1970

Negatives of a number of the photographs in D/X 1192/4, 1968 - 1970

Negative of photograph D/X 1192/4(1), 1968 - 1970

Negative of photograph D/X 1192/4(2), 1968 - 1970

Negative of photograph D/X 1192/4(3), 1968 - 1970

Negative of photograph D/X 1192/4(7), 1968 - 1970

Negative of photograph D/X 1192/4(8), 1968 - 1970

Negative of photograph D/X 1192/4(9), 1968 - 1970

Negative of photograph D/X 1192/4(13), 1968 - 1970

Certificate of membership of Durham Dramatic Society for John Rupert Hall, 10 December 1946

Certificate of membership of Durham Dramatic Society for Joan Margaret Briggs, 27 December 1947

Model of pit village terraced housing, n.d. [2000]

Plan of typical miners cottages (19th century) which inspired the model [D/X 1192/8/1], n.d. [1980s-1990s]

Aerial photograph showing the Royal Ordnance Factory and St. Cuthbert's Way, Newton Aycliffe, ref. no. 14712/B by Photoflight Ltd., Elstree Aerodrome, Hertfordshire, 13 september 1955

Aerial photograph of housing in Newton Aycliffe showing the Simpasture railway in the top left-hand corner, the Simpasture area of the town, part of St. Cuthbert's way, roads laid out for new housing areas and, in the distance, the butts where the munitions, produced by the Royal Ordnance Factory, were tested, ref. no. 9, produced by James Bulmer, junior, Auburn, 46 Elton Parade, Darlington, c.1955

Photocopy of a list of individuals featured in a photograph of the cutting of the first sod for the building of Newton Aycliffe, reproduced on page 49 of Aycliffe and Peterlee New Towns 1946-1988 by Garry Philipson, 1988, compiled by John Hall, June 2000