A view of Calder Hall nuclear power station during construction of the cooling towers of Calder B, showing the plutonium factory of Windscale in the background

Date:
Aug 1956
Location:
Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, Ponsonby, Sellafield, Copeland, Cumbria
Reference:
JLP01/01/149/16
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

Calder Hall opened in 1956 and was the world's first full-scale nuclear power station.

This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.

Content

This is part of the Volume: JLP01/01/149 Windscale Atomic Energy Works, Cumbria; within the Series: JLP01/01 John Laing Photographic Collection Project Albums; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Mid 20th Century Nuclear Power Station, Construction