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Site
Site plans and photographs
R1
R2
NIMROD
Britain Builds Proton Synchrotron
Excavating NIMROD
Nimrod operational Tannoy announcement
R3 building plans
ISIS
Neutron and muon source
Animated overview
Inauguration of ISIS
Space
NASA Ground Station
NASA 12m Antenna
James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT)
Lasers
R1 extension (1977)
Titania (1994-1999)

Site plans and aerial photographs

See also the photograph gallery.


1960s

NIRNS site map (30 August 1962, Ref 010123 Site Layout N.I.R.N.S.)

NIRNS site map (30 August 1962, Ref 010123 Site Layout N.I.R.N.S.)
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Aerial view of Rutherford Laboratory looking east; the "floating island" effect is most odd (1966)

Aerial view of Rutherford Laboratory looking east; the "floating island" effect is most odd (1966)
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1970s

Aerial view of Rutherford Laboratory looking south-east (8 July 1975, RL19794)

Aerial view of Rutherford Laboratory looking south-east (8 July 1975, RL19794)
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This was pre-1979 so there was no dish but you can just about discern the Nimrod/ISIS mound in the centre of the photograph, the (rather out of focus) R22 Restaurant close to the east car park, and the cantilevered Library of the Atlas Computer Laboratory across the road from R68 Stores. In the distance towards the A4185 is a village of pre-fabs. Towards the bottom of the centre of the photograph is Harwell's electron accelerator with arms extending in all directions. Harwell's other reactors are all out of shot.

Aerial view of Rutherford Laboratory looking south-east (1972, R12150)

Aerial view of Rutherford Laboratory looking south-east (1972, R12150)
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Aerial view of Rutherford Laboratory looking north-west (1972, R12151)

Aerial view of Rutherford Laboratory looking north-west (1972, R12151)
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R68, R71 and the Library Bridge are yet to be built.


1980s

Aerial view of Rutherford Laboratory from the south (1984, 84RC3105)

Aerial view of Rutherford Laboratory from the south (1984, 84RC3105)
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Aerial view of Rutherford Laboratory looking almost north; R25 and R68 in the foreground (1984, 84RC3108)

Aerial view of Rutherford Laboratory looking almost north; R25 and R68 in the foreground (1984, 84RC3108)
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Aerial view of Rutherford Laboratory looking north-east towards Didcot (1984, 84RC3132)

Aerial view of Rutherford Laboratory looking north-east towards Didcot (1984, 84RC3132)
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Aerial view of Rutherford Laboratory looking almost north (1984, 84FC3142)

Aerial view of Rutherford Laboratory looking almost north (1984, 84FC3142)
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Aerial view of Rutherford Laboratory looking north-east towards Didcot (1984, 84FC3147)

Aerial view of Rutherford Laboratory looking north-east towards Didcot (1984, 84FC3147)
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1990s

Panoramic aerial view of Rutherford Laboratory from the east (1993, 93RC3392)

Panoramic aerial view of Rutherford Laboratory from the east (1993, 93RC3392)
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R71 has now been built. The small square pointed roof of the Security Lodge can be seen opposite the Atlas building, with the "dustbins" of the DIDO and PLUTO reactors in the distance.

Rutherford Laboratory and Harwell from the south (1995, 95RC1959)

Rutherford Laboratory and Harwell from the south (1995, 95RC1959)
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An unusual shot taken from the top of the ISIS mound. The RAL dish and Restaurant are visible together with the sprawl of R68 and the cooling chimneys of H8(?) and BEPO in H10 at Harwell. The white goalpost-like structures to the west are ionosondes. The blue "chimney" next to the one behind H10 is a nasty scratch on the photo!

On Fermi Avenue heading towards Rutherford Laboratory (1995, 95RC1962)

On Fermi Avenue heading towards Rutherford Laboratory (1995, 95RC1962)
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The "E" reg Vauxhall Astra means it was registered between August 1987 and July 1988.


2000s

Rutherford Laboratory and Diamond from the south (2004)

Rutherford Laboratory and Diamond from the south (2004)
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Diamond is almost complete but the landscaping still needs to be done. Across the road to the north of Diamond is the Harwell Bus Park and to the east of that the Tandem van der Graaf generator with H8 and H7 behind. The two big Harwell chimneys have gone along with H9, but the Rutherford Security Lodge is still there.

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