A press pack from the opening of Chapelcross nuclear power station in Annan, on 2nd May 1959. Produced by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) with press releases from firms involved in the construction.
A brochure from the opening of Kincardine Power Station.
A book of drawings of CO2 circulators from various early British nuclear power stations, made by James Howden & Co of Scotland Street, Glasgow.
An enamel badge from the Atomic Energy Authority Constabulary police dog section at the Dounreay nuclear power research facility in Caithness.
A model of a coal crushing machine, presented to Francis Tombs (chairman of the South of Scotland Electricity Board) by the staff of Longannet Power Station on 17th March 1977.
A section of linked stage-1 steam turbine blades from a large power station.
A section of electrical conductor (“busbar”) from inside a 650MW steam turbine from a power station. Earlier conductors were solid copper, these more sophisticated ones are water-cooled through those little channels. The conductors were also cleverly arranged so they were all the same length as the buster went around corners. Many thanks to Alan Rich […]
