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Location DB > England > London > Nine Elms > Battersea Power Station > Wonders Of World Engineering Pictures > 9 9 / 10   9 Description Caption: AN ENORMOUS TURBINE in the main hall of Battersea Power Station. The pair of huge pipes arching over the centre of the set carries steam from the intermediate cylinder to the low-pressure rotors. The turbines are completely enclosed in dark grey and black casings. Controls Return to Main Location Page Return to Gallery Overview Edit this Gallery Edit this Picture Un-Subscribe this Picture Comments Posted by IIVQ 7/28/2005 12:08 AM | remove   I love how they decorated everything while it was never intended for public viewing... Wow, the golden age of art deco *drool* Posted by DopeNess Monster 9/6/2005 1:22 AM | remove   Truly beauty IS found where form follows function. Looks like it's right off the movie set of Metropolis. Posted by Ben 9/6/2005 4:02 AM | remove   That's not form following function, that's form for the sake of form. It gives character to the place, but it's ultimately seen as a waste of money now. They would ask: what's the return on investment in ornamented handrails? And now you couldn't get away with rails with that few verticals. Posted by IIVQ 9/7/2005 10:02 AM | remove   Fuck ROI! (on that note: calculate the ROI of a fuck: http://www.costofsex.com/index.shtml) Posted by Ben 9/9/2005 1:47 AM | remove   I'm approaching $400. Still worth it. Posted by IIVQ 9/9/2005 9:52 AM | remove   A hooker is cheaper! Even an expensive one! Posted by scribble 8/17/2006 2:50 PM | remove   Holy Shit...that is just beautiful... I see no reason why we can't strive for beauty even today...not a neo-classical kind of thing...but a modern expression that goes beyond the fuckin' bottom line all the time... Posted by Emperor Wang 8/17/2006 6:34 PM | remove   Keep dreaming, scribble. Maybe someday greed will lose. If you'd like to add a comment, please login or register. All content and images copyright © 2002-2024 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire. To contact webmaster, or click to email with problems or other questions about this site: UER CONTACT View Terms of Service | View Privacy Policy | Server colocation provided by Beanfield This page was generated for you in 359 milliseconds. Since June 23, 2002, a total of 741537499 pages have been generated.