Portishead B Power Station - Construction

These photos were kindly donated by Mr. Nigel Browning of Weston-super-Mare in 2017

Foundations excavation. View from East showing wooden piles from old granary. March 1952

Foundations excavation.

View from South. May 1952

Operations Block piling.

August 1952

Cable Shafts. SE and SW shafts.

22 Sept 1952

Cross passage 3B and 4 BN

East side S.H. foundations.

Jan 1953

Foreshore. Construction of 10T gantry. Sept 1953

P.H. steelwork. Jan 1954.

Bailey's Mill demolition 1955

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