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Battersea Power Station

Battersea, London. Saturday 19 July, 2008


The site has been empty since Battersea Power station closed in 1983

 
Passengers arriving at Victoria get a good view of Battersea Power Station, though some lines run behind these flats  
 
 The power station soon became an icon, a symbol for power, usually expressed in a dynamically tilted composition
 
Close to the building you only see two chimneys  - or in early pictures, only one
 
  Cranes unloaded coal brought up river through London
 
 
        
  
     
   
     


The central turbine hall open to the elements since the late 1980s

A rather newer structure on site

Local organisations were founded in the 1980s to oppose unsuitable development and are still acitve

And still asking important questions about the proposals - the answer to this one appears to be NO!.

 
 

   

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