Berkeley Power Station, Berkeley, Ham and Stone, Stroud
Looking south-west over the temporary offices on the Berkeley Nuclear Power Station construction site, showing double-decker buses and cars in 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. Laing were the civil engineers for the project with work commencing on 7th January 1957. The 57 acre site included offices and temporary housing with facilities for the workers on site
Picture No
13460377
Media ID
45378046
Size
6888px x 5438px
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Credit
© Historic England Archive / John Laing Photographic Collection / Mary Evans
Source
John Laing plc - Historic England Archive
Date
1957
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Acre Berkeley Builder Commencing Double-decker Facilities Generation Holdings Laing Reactors South-west Stroud Temporary
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