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Berkeley Power Station, Berkeley, Ham and Stone, Stroud, Gloucestershire, 29/03/1957. Creator: John Laing plc.

Berkeley Power Station, Berkeley, Ham and Stone, Stroud, Gloucestershire, 29/03/1957. Creator: John Laing plc.

2-847-409 - Historic England Archive/Heritage Images

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.

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  1. John Laing plc, attributed to: British: construction and civil engineering company
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  1. Photograph
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World Europe United Kingdom England Gloucestershire Berkeley

  1. 51 41 28 N , 002 27 33 W
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 6888x5438
File Size : 36,580kb

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  1. JLP01/01/075/38
  1. JLP01_01_075_38
  1. 0250009094
  1. 2-847-409
  1. 2847409
  1. JLP01/01/075/38

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