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Further reading □ Overview □ PLA □ PLA: Installation in Building 412 (1956-1957) □ Me and my PLA Part IV (1957) □ PLA Instruments (1950s/1960s) □ Nimrod □ Magnet Sector engineering at Metropolitan Vickers □ 40 photographs of Nimrod □ Excavation of Nimrod (1957) □ Construction of Nimrod (1959) □ Nimrod Injector (1959) □ Nimrod Vacuum System (1961) □ Nimrod: Machine equipment (1960s) □ Nimrod: Various photographs (1960s) □ Nimrod: Construction and set up (1959-64) □ Album No1: Early Nimrod experiments (1964-1966) □ Nimrod Engineering Group: Magnet Album no.2 (1967) □ Use of iron blocks in Nimrod experimental area (1967) □ BC and PPT (1971) □ Upgrading the Nimrod Injector (1974) □ VEC, PLA and Nimrod (c.1963) □ Buildings □ Miscellaneous buildings (1958-1964) □ Building construction (1962-1963) □ Buildings R25 and R26 (1962) □ Miscellaneous building work (1962-1964) □ Events □ RHEL Senior Management and Open Day exhibits (1964) □ Nimrod inauguration (24th April 1964) □ Press Contact photos (April 1964) □ Open day exhibits (19 May 1966) □ RHEL Open Days (July 1970) and Rutherford Centenary (October 1971) □ Rutherford Centenary (29th October 1971) □ Opening of the Library (26 November 1974) □ Other accelerators □ Accelerator at TRE (1947 to 1950) □ Various accelerators (1950s-1960s) □ Photos of Bubble Chambers (1959-1964) □ The Saclay Bubble Chamber and hydrogen supplies (1967) □ Other photographs □ Loose photographs up to 1964 □ Loose photographs from 1965 onwards □ Loose colour photographs □ Miscellaneous □ Slides
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Further reading ⇓

□ Overview
PLA
□ PLA: Installation in Building 412 (1956-1957) □ Me and my PLA Part IV (1957) □ PLA Instruments (1950s/1960s)
Nimrod
□ Magnet Sector engineering at Metropolitan Vickers □ 40 photographs of Nimrod □ Excavation of Nimrod (1957) □ Construction of Nimrod (1959) □ Nimrod Injector (1959) □ Nimrod Vacuum System (1961) □ Nimrod: Machine equipment (1960s) □ Nimrod: Various photographs (1960s) □ Nimrod: Construction and set up (1959-64) □ Album No1: Early Nimrod experiments (1964-1966) □ Nimrod Engineering Group: Magnet Album no.2 (1967) □ Use of iron blocks in Nimrod experimental area (1967) □ BC and PPT (1971) □ Upgrading the Nimrod Injector (1974) □ VEC, PLA and Nimrod (c.1963)
Buildings
□ Miscellaneous buildings (1958-1964) □ Building construction (1962-1963) □ Buildings R25 and R26 (1962) □ Miscellaneous building work (1962-1964)
Events
□ RHEL Senior Management and Open Day exhibits (1964) □ Nimrod inauguration (24th April 1964) □ Press Contact photos (April 1964) □ Open day exhibits (19 May 1966) □ RHEL Open Days (July 1970) and Rutherford Centenary (October 1971) □ Rutherford Centenary (29th October 1971) □ Opening of the Library (26 November 1974)
Other accelerators
□ Accelerator at TRE (1947 to 1950) □ Various accelerators (1950s-1960s) □ Photos of Bubble Chambers (1959-1964) □ The Saclay Bubble Chamber and hydrogen supplies (1967)
Other photographs
□ Loose photographs up to 1964 □ Loose photographs from 1965 onwards □ Loose colour photographs □ Miscellaneous □ Slides

Construction of Nimrod (1959)

Photos "A7266 General view of Magnet Room and Experimental Area (3 February 1959)" and "A7404 Looking down on Magnet Room and Prep Area (21 April 1959)" are missing. Abbreviations are as written on the album pages.

Album cover "Buildings" A7154 Jig for magnet foundation (1 January 1959) A7155 Timber frame-work to support the shuttering for the roof of the Magnet Room (1 January 1959) A7156 Jig for setting magnet foundation bolt in position (1 January 1959) A7157 Magnet foundation concrete ready to receive the sole plates (1 January 1959) A7300 Cast roof of Magnet Room (2 March 1959) A7301 Air duct in Fan House (2 March 1959) A7302 Tunnels from Magnet Room to Fan House and Motor Alternator Bldg (2 March 1959) A7303 Top of central column in Magnet Room (2 March 1959) A7304 North end of Arcon Bldg (2 March 1959) A7305 Looking inside Magnet Room showing 30 ton annular crane (2 March 1959) A7306 Magnet Room roof (2 March 1959) A7307 Shuttering to support the casting of the concrete roof to Magnet Room (2 March 1959) A7257 Shield Bridge from Exp. Area (3 February 1959) A7259 Shield Bridge from Magnet Room (3 February 1959) A7260 Checking the Shield Bridge deflection during construction (3 February 1959) A7262 Gauge measuring deflection of Shield Bridge during construction (3 February 1959) A7263 Shield Bridge from Exp. Area (3 February 1959) A7464 Lab and Office Block (20 April 1959) A7465 Office and Lab Block (20 April 1959) A7480 Ducts entering Magnet Room (7 May 1959) A7673 Interior of Magnet Room A7674 Interior of Magnet Room A7702 Preparation Area and Magnet Lab A7675 Interior of Magnet Room A7945 General view of Experimental Area (5 October 1959) A7949 General view of Office and Lab Block (5 October 1959) A7950 Cooling Tower (5 October 1959) B4740 Model of magnet octant B4741 Model of magnet octant A6484 Model showing Magnet Room and adjacent buildings A6486 Model of Proton Synchrotron Buildings A6487 Model of Proton Synchrotron Buildings A6488 Model of Proton Synchrotron Buildings A6489 Model of 7 GeV Proton Synchrotron area

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