Drawings showing design and construction of Oldbury power station

Made:
1950-1969
maker:
Science Museum, London

Collection of copy dyeline drawings relating to the design and construction of Oldbury power station near Thornbury in Gloucestershire. It comprises many drawings of The Nuclear Power Group (box 1); the Central Electricity Generating Board, Associated Electrical Industries Ltd., Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd., C. A. Parsons & Co. Ltd. (all box 2); John Thompson (various companies), and Strachan & Henshaw Ltd., plus a much smaller number of drawings of Blaw Knox Ltd., Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd., Clyde, Crane & Booth, J. & E. Hall Ltd., Rendel, Palmer & Tritton, and others (all box 3). 3 large archive boxes. [Oldbury was built between 1961 and 1967 and began to supply the grid in 1967. Although intially due to be decommissioned in 2008 it continued to operate in a limited capacity until 2012.]

Details

Extent:
3 large archive boxes
Identifier:
OLD
Access:
Open Access

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