Building for the Atomic Age

An industrial archaeology of the United Kingdom’s nuclear industry

Wayne D. Cocroft (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

272 Seiten

2026
Historic England (Verlag)
978-1-83624-577-3 (ISBN)

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This book is an exploration of the industrial archaeology of Britain’s ‘atomic age’: the physical traces of what remains and what has been lost of this endeavour. To many in the generation of post-war readers of broadsheet newspapers, the technical press, ‘boys’ own’ comics, and viewers of upbeat cinema newsreels, the industry’s early leaders - the ‘nuclear knights’, William Penney, John Cockcroft and Christopher Hinton - were household names. The places associated with this venture, secured by high fences, became symbols of a new industrial age. Aldermaston, Dounreay, Harwell, Windscale, and Winfrith were locations where science fiction became reality for some, while others viewed them as home to some ‘unmentionable devilment’. Their silhouettes were celebrated on postage stamps, proclaiming to the country and the world Britain’s mastery of the atom. Today, these relics of late 20th century science and industry are being decommissioned and largely erased from the landscape.

Wayne Cocroft has recently retired as a Senior Archaeological Investigator with Historic England, where he specialised in the investigation and assessment of industrial and defence sites.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.2.2026
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations, color
Sprache	englisch
Maße	219 x 276 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
	Technik ► Architektur
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
ISBN-10	1-83624-577-7 / 1836245777
ISBN-13	978-1-83624-577-3 / 9781836245773
Zustand	Neuware