Eastward on the Great West Road, Brentford 1949
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Eastward on the Great West Road, Brentford 1949
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 25 Sep 1949
One of very few dual carriageways built in Britain in the 1930s, this, and the BOAC skyscraper on the right, were rarities in those days. Note the lack of traffic - and this was about 25 years before the M4 was built along here.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.491215
Longitude
-0.305338