Daresbury Tower
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Daresbury Tower by Gerald England as part of the Geograph project.
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Daresbury Tower
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 18 Mar 2016
Before being decommissioned in 1993 Daresbury Tower was the largest Van De Graaff generator on the planet. When built in the 1970s, there was great opposition by locals. Now, however it is a landmark and civilian airline pilots use it as a navigation aid. Currently part of the Daresbury Science and Innovation Centre it is being used for research into the "fourth generation light source".
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Image Location
Latitude
53.342631
Longitude
-2.639497