Title

Berkeley Power Station, Berkeley, Ham and Stone, Stroud, Gloucestershire, 21/10/1960. Creator: John Laing plc.

Caption

An aerial view from the south-west of the Berkeley Nuclear Power Station construction site, showing the reactors in the centre with the accommodation and facilities for the construction workers in the background. Berkeley Nuclear Power Station was the first commercial nuclear power station in the United Kingdom and one of the first generation of nuclear reactors in Britain. It had two Magnox reactors and was one of four stations located close to the mouth of the River Severn and the Bristol Channel. Laing were the civil engineers for the project with work commencing on 7th January 1957. The nuclear power station came into service in 1962 but has since been decommissioned following its closure in 1989.

Date

1960

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Reference

HRM21A84_211

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

108,0Mb (7,1Mb) / 23,4in x 17,9in / 7018 x 5380 (300dpi)

Keywords

river England engineering industry country construction site British geography English industrial building site location infrastructure century Britain first concept civil engineering riverbank Gloucestershire B&W nuclear power nuclear power station aerial view Sixties Construction Industry bird's eye view Berkeley black & white black and white B W 1960s 20th century River Severn geographical feature Severn TGN photograph nuclear powered Berkeley nuclear power station Historic England John Laing plc Laing John plc