D-block GB-428000-309000
1986 MOTORWAY CONSTRUCTION
There are 203 men on the site.They get paid £100 a week.If they work over_time they get £400. After the ground has been levelled the drainage is put in.First of all trenches are dug out with tracked diggers.Next a layer of concrete is laid.After this porous pipes are set in.After this gravel is put on top so that water can seep through into the pipes. To build the actual road they have to put in the sub base .This is large, compacted, crushed stones. Next the course base is laid. This is smaller stones mixed with cement.Then the road surface is put down.This is a thick layer(100mm)of small stones mixed with asphalt called tarmacadam. Next the actual wearing surface is laid.The wearing surface is 40mm thick and intended to last about 6 years.
Pictures from this D-block
Written accounts from this D-block
- Appleby And Rural Nw Leics
- Appleby Magna Church
- Appleby Magna Village
- Appleby Village Continued
- The Village School
- Sir John Moore School 1697
- Sir John Moore School Part 2
- Motorway M42.
- Motorway Construction
- Motorway M42 Construction 2
- My Day By Ian Lees Aged 11
- My Day Kirstin Auty Aged 9
- Park Farm <arable>
- The Moat House & Old Rectory
- Jubilee Farm (dairy)
- Jubilee Farm (dairy) Part 2
- Hunting
- 1st.appleby Scout Group
- Games We Play
- Mayday Singing
Map of the area
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