View of two men working in laboratory equipped to deal with radioactive substances

Date:
circa 1949 - 1950
Location:
Windscale, St. Bridget Beckermet, Copeland, Cumbria
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Sellafield Nuclear Processing Site, St. Bridget Beckermet, Copeland, Cumbria
Reference:
JLP01/12/017
Type:
Photograph (Transparency)
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Description

John Laing & Son Ltd won the contract to build the country's first plutonium factory in 1948. It was built on the site of the wartime factory at Sellafield. This image was taken when the factory first came into production.

This image was catalogued in 2013 as part of a pilot project funded by the John Laing Charitable Trust.

Content

This is part of the Series: JLP01/12 John Laing Photographic Collection Colour Transparencies; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive