Sujet

Berkeley Power Station, Berkeley, Ham and Stone, Stroud, Gloucestershire, 28/03/1957. Creator: John Laing plc.

Légende

A view over Reactor No.1 during the construction of Berkeley Nuclear Power Station, showing the jib for the 10 ton Scotch Derrick being lifted in to place for the erection of the Monotower Crane, with the Monotower foundation on the right of the foreground. 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

1957

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Notre référence

HRM21A84_113

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

106,5Mo (4,0Mo) / 57,2cm x 46,6cm / 6760 x 5504 (300dpi)

Mots clés

England engineering industry country construction site British crane cranes English industrial building site location infrastructure century Britain first concept civil engineering Gloucestershire B&W nuclear power derrick nuclear power station fifties 1950s Construction Industry Berkeley black & white black and white B W 20th century decade TGN photograph nuclear powered Berkeley nuclear power station Historic England John Laing plc Laing John plc monotower crane