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Royal Aircraft Establishment, Bedford. Untitled album of black and white photographs with labels and dates. Appears to record construction of High Speed Flow Laboratory (HST). Some pages stamped ‘Ministry of Supply, Royal Aircraft Establishment, Crown Copyright Reserved’ on reverse with negative number. Some water damage to pages and photographs. Pencil annotation on inside of rear cover ‘Mr [Foldy] photographer’.

8 August 1949-25 June 1952

From: 1949 To: 1952

Page 1 –HST building under construction. Dated 8 August 1949, negative no. 83977, and 3 October 1949, negative no. 84870. Page 2 –HST building under construction. Dated 3 October 1949, negative no. 84871, and October 1949, negative no. 84868. Page 3 –HST building under construction, 18 November 1949. Page 4 – HST cubicle and building under construction, 3 February 1950. Page 5 - HST building and service duct and service duct behind cooling tower, 23 March 1950. Page 6 - HST under construction, 23 March 1950. Page 7 – Two photographs of HST under construction, 7 July 1950. Page 8 - HST under construction, 24 October 1950 and 18 January 1951. Page 9 - HST and Spinning Tunnel, 8 June 1951. Space for photograph with annotation ‘107371, 15 July 1953’. Page 10 – Foundations for main compressor set, 18 January 1951, and installation of compressor in progress, 8 June 1951. Page 11 - HST compressor room showing dryer plant and switch gear, 7 September 1951. Page 12 - HST method of sound proofing, 7 September 1951, and cover removed from gear box of compressor, 16 October 1951. Page 13 – Workshop and compressor room – atmospheric dryer and by-pass, 13 November 1951. Page 14 – Compressor room basement – air main anchor and water pumps and air mains to Laboratory – Bay 1, 13 November 1951. Page 15 – Compressor room – main control panel and auxiliary compressor, 12 December 1951. Page 16 – Compressor room – main compressor and oil tank and air mains to Laboratory – valve no. 7, 12 December 1951. Page 17 – Anchor and sliding doors for no. 1 tunnel in bay 2, 12 December 1951. Page 18 – Compressor room and basement, 12 December 1951 and 16 January 1952. Page 19 – Compressor room and bay no. 1 valve no. 10, 16 January 1952. Page 20 – Bay no. 1 valve no. 7, 16 January 1952, and compressor room, 19 February 1952. Page 21 – Compressor room, 19 February 1952. Page 22 – Bay no. 1 valves nos. 11, 10 and 7, 19 February 1952. Page 23 – Bay no. 2, anchor block for no. 1 tunnel and Johnson coupling assembly, 19 February 1952. Page 24 – Model tunnel room excavation for 13 feet by 9 feet tunnel fan assembly and bay no. 1 valve no. 10 installation, 19 March 1952. Page 25 – Bay no. 3 excavation for no. 2 tunnel anchor block, 19 March 1952. Page 26 – Bay no. 1 valve no. 7 operating gear and bay no. 2 no. 1 tunnel and Schlieren rails, 19 March 1952. Page 27 – Bay access corridor and workshop, 19 March 1952. Page 28 – Workshop, 19 March 1952, and model tunnel room 13 feet by 9 feet fan assembly foundation and model spinning tunnel, 23 April 1952. Page 29 – Compressor room and valve nos. 3, 4 and 6, 23 April 1952. Page 30 – Compressor rotor after first run, 23 April 1952. Page 31 – Bay no. 2 no. 1 tunnel and Schlieren equipment carriage and bay no. 4 valve no. 9, 23 April 1952. Page 32 – Pit and seatings for erection of 13 feet by 9 feet tunnel fan and no. 1 tunnel ducting and Schlieren equipment bench in no. 2 bay, 25 June 1952.

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Bedford RAE, THURLEIGH, aircraft, aeronautics, wind tunnel, Construction