Photograph album labelled 'Power Stations : Nuclear : J L & S General 1' containing 73 black and white prints showing the first days of work on construction site including details of machinery, fuel and cement being delivered, the removal of topsoil, construction of temporary site roads, temporary mobile Laing offices, Balfour Beatty campsite area and mobile canteen.
Berkeley Nuclear Power Station was the first commercial nuclear power station to be built in Britain. It was built for the Central Electricity Generating Board by A.E.I. - John Thompson Nuclear Energy Company Limited. John Laing and Son Limited and Balfour Beatty and Company Limited were contracted as civil engineers to work on the project.
This is part of the Series: JLP01/01 John Laing Photographic Collection Project Albums; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection
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Mid 20th Century Nuclear Power Station, Construction
