2014

TL1201 : The Building Research Station (5)

taken 10 years ago, near to Bricket Wood, Hertfordshire, England

The Building Research Station (5)
The Building Research Station (5)
An updated notice giving more of the history of the model dam built during WW2. See TL1201 : The Building Research Station (6) for a picture of the dam taken on the same date.
Building Research Establishment (BRE Ltd)

The Building Research Station (BRS) was formed at East Acton in 1921. It moved in 1925 to this site at Garston where it had space to expand. Part of the site was used as a back-up to Bentley Priory RAF fighter control during WW2; 80 Wing, the RAF radio-countermeasures department, was also housed here briefly before moving to nearby Radlett. Most of the site buildings are post-war developments.
In 1972 BRS was merged with the Forest Products Laboratory at Princes Risborough and the Fire Research Station at Borehamwood (see TQ1995 and TQ1996) to form the Building Research Establishment (BRE). By 1994 both the FRS and Princes Risborough sites had been cleared by staff moving to the BRE site. In 1997 BRE was sold off to the management to form BRE Ltd., a not-for-profit company.
Information on current BRE Ltd. activities can be found at LinkExternal link.


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TL1201, 20 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
John Webb   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 8 May, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 14 August, 2015
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TL 1243 0157 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:42.0972N 0:22.4686W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TL 1242 0156
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East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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