A copy of a photograph showing the cooling ponds between the two piles at Windscale plutonium factory

Date:
early 1950s
Location:
Windscale, St. Bridget Beckermet, Copeland, Cumbria
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Sellafield Nuclear Processing Site, St. Bridget Beckermet, Copeland, Cumbria
Reference:
JLP01/09/740385
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

This photograph was published in 1954 in 'Britain's Atomic Factories: The Story of Atomic Energy Production in Britain' by K E B Jay, Division of Atomic Energy, Ministry of Supply. Laing made a copy negative of this photograph on 8th October 1974.

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 Series: JLP01/09 John Laing Photographic Collection Black and White Negatives 1974-1994; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Mid 20th Century Nuclear Power Station