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Battersea Power Station
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Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned coal-fired power station, located on the south bank of the River Thames, in Nine Elms, Battersea, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It was built by the London Power Company (LPC) to the design of Leonard Pearce, Engineer in Chief to the LPC, and CS Allott & Son Engineers. The architects were J Theo Halliday and Giles Gilbert Scott. The station is one of the world's largest brick buildings and notable for its original, Art Deco interior fittings and decor.
The building comprises two power stations, built in two stages, in a single building. Battersea A Power Station was built between 1929 and 1935 and Battersea B Power Station, to its east, between 1937 and 1941, when construction was paused owing to the worsening effects of the Second World War. The building was completed in 1955. "Battersea B" was built to a design nearly identical to that of "Battersea A", creating the iconic four-chimney structure.
"Battersea A" was decommissioned in 1975. In 1980 the whole structure was given Grade II listed status; "Battersea B" shut three years later. The building remained empty until 2014, during which time it fell into near ruin. Various plans were made to make use of the building, but none were successful. In 2012, administrators Ernst & Young entered into an exclusivity agreement with Malaysia's SP Setia and Sime Darby to develop the site to include 253 residential units, bars, restaurants, office space (occupied by Apple and No. 18 business members club), shops and entertainment spaces. The plans were approved and redevelopment commenced a few years later. As of 2021, the building and the overall 42-acre site development is owned by a consortium of Malaysian investors.
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Type: Building
Status: Repurposed
Accessibility: Easy - eat, drink, shop, see a show, work for Apple!
Recommendation: worth the trip
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A London landmark, with imposing features, it is sadly 70% gutted, leaving only the rather locked up admin sections and some of the switching areas untouched.
It’s still an amazing place to visit just for the grandeur of being inside its roofless marble lined interior, with those amazing chimneys. Trees and shrubs are now growing in the Boiler house, there are pigeons inside the chimneys. The 1930s society murals (which I wasn’t able to get a photograph of) are still untouched. The view from the roof is excellent.
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Built from plans done by Sir Giles Scott, opened in 1937.
It was built between 1929 and 1939 with only two chimnies.
In 1953 a second station was built next two it, in such a way that it looks like one building from the outside, this completed the four chimney layout.
The interior of the building as Art Deco in style with plenty of wrought iron fittings, and marble.
Ultimately produced 503,000 kW, by means of coal-fired production.
It was used famously on the cover of Pink Floyd's 1977 LP 'Animals', when a flying pig took to the sky and was photographed as it passed between the stations northern chimneys.
It closed in 1980.
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6.25.2021 Partially open with mixed development. Currently houses restaurants, bars, shops, and event space. 500,000 sq ft will be occupied by some 1400 Apple employees, originally scheduled to take residence in 2021. The entire complex is scheduled to be open to the public in 2022.
See the "batterseapowerstation" link in the Web Links section below for current progress and new openings...
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The moderator rating is a neutral rating of the content quality, photography, and coolness of this location.
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| Coolness |
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Emperor Wang on 1/11/2024 2:43 AM.
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