Engineers test equipment for Calder Hall Nuclear Power station, 1954

Engineers test equipment for Calder Hall Nuclear Power station, 1954. Two engineers at the English Electric plant in LIverpool examine a switchgear panel destined for Calder Hall nuclear power station in Cumbria. English Electric produced equipment for some of the worldês most powerful steam, gas, oil and nuclear energy projects. Calder Hall was opened by the Queen in October 1956. Its primary function was to manufacture plutonium for nuclear weapons but it was also the first nuclear reactor in the world to generate commercial electricity. Photograph by Walter Nurnberg (1907-1991) who transformed industrial photography after WWII using film studio lighting techniques. Photographie ©SSPL/NMeM/Walter Nurnberg