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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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□ 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

Engineering Nimrod Magnet Sectors (late 1950s)

Manufacturing of Magnet Sectors at Metropolitan Vickers and Joseph Sankey and Sons Ltd, Bilston.

Album cover Album spine 223933 Coils for Model VI 223934 Coils for Model VI 223935 Coils for Model VI 223936 End connections to coils for Model VI A7891 "Earthing stick" used with high voltage equipment (29 September 1959) A7893 DC Gun Assembly (29 September 1959) A7894 SAMES High Voltage Power Supply (29 September 1959) A7896 Condenser Stack for use with high voltage set (29 September 1959)
Manufacture of magnet sectors at Sankeys Ltd
A8014 Machining Back Taper on Magnet Sector (5 November 1959) A8015 Machining Back Taper on Magnet Sector (5 November 1959) A8016 Flame cutting profile on one lamination of Magnet Section (5 November 1959) A8017 Applying DRNS coating to one lamination of Magnet Sector (5 November 1959) A8018 Welding sheets together to make-up on lamination for the Magnet Sector (5 November 1959) A8019 Two sheets welded together to make up a magnet lamination (5 November 1959) A8020 Laminations in random piles (Magnet Sector) (5 November 1959) A8021 Laminations on the build-up platform with 50 tons top loading prior to straps being welded on (5 November 1959) A8022 Welding on brackets to Magnet Sector (5 November 1959) A8023 Magnet Sector leaving Manor Works. Sign says "MAGNET SECTOR / For the 7GeV Synchrotron at Harwell / Made by / Joseph Sankey and Sons Ltd / Bilston / at Manor Works" (5 November 1959) A8024 Magnet Sector leaving Manor Works (5 November 1959)
Assembly in the Magnet Room
A8184 Assembling octants in the Magnet Room (30 November 1959) A8185 Assembling octants in the Magnet Room (30 November 1959) A8188 Assembling octants in the Magnet Room (30 November 1959) A8190 Magnets being assembled into octants (30 November 1959)
Other
A8388 Extractor fan (Cooling Towers) (12 January 1960) A8405 Trolley for moving shield blocks (12 January 1960) A8568 Trolley for moving shield blocks (18 January 1960) B6180 Control Panel Linac Vac System A9350 Installation of control equipment (15 June 1960) A10189 Photo by AERE Photographic Group A10193 Photo by AERE Photographic Group

Marston Excelsior Ltd, Wolverhampton

Marston Excelsior Ltd based at Wobaston Road, Fordhouses, Wolverhampton were a subsidiary company of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd (ICI).

2665-860 Photo by Marston Excelsior Ltd, Industrial Graphic, 3 Dudley Road, Wolverhampton 2666-860 Photo by Marston Excelsior Ltd 2667-860 Photo by Marston Excelsior Ltd

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