Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,390 pages of information and 246,919 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Wylfa Nuclear Power Station

From Graces Guide
1964. Spherical reactor pressure vessel liner.
1964. Reactor building.

Stands on a 20.8 hectare site on the north coast of Anglesey between Holyhead and Amlwch.

The last Magnox power station to be built in the UK

Wylfa was the last operational Magnox station in the world. Latterly the site had only one running reactor and two operational turbine generators, but with an output of around 460MW could supply more than 20 per cent of Wales' electricity needs. Generation ceased on 30th December 2015.

Wylfa is responsible for the 30MW Maentwrog hydroelectric station near Blaenau Ffestiniog.


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