ipernity: Battersea Power Station by Phil Sutters

Battersea Power Station - Prospect Park Playground…

25 Sep 2023

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This looks like it could be lots of fun. It can be tricky taking photos around children's play areas, but on a Monday at lunchtime there were only a couple of little ones with their mothers, so it was easy to avoid including them in these shots.

Battersea Power Station - contrasting verticals -…

25 Sep 2023

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Battersea Power Station - an unidentified artistic…

25 Sep 2023

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This sculptural centre of a small traffic roundabout may surround an underground car park ventilator. I can find no information about it on line. It doesn't seem to be regarded as an artwork, unlike the reclining orange female on the other side of the power station building.

Battersea Power Station - a first impression - 25…

25 Sep 2023

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Battersea Power Station - artefacts and artwork -…

25 Sep 2023

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I have yet to find out whether the central spiral is made from parts of the station's original equipment or an artwork inspired by the electrical generation produced there. The rest of the interestingly shaped ironwork clearly is a collection of old working parts.

Battersea Power Station - the north elevation - 25…

25 Sep 2023

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The huge scale of the power station and its chimneys can be seen here, when it is compared with the people on the ground. The viewing platform at the top of the right hand chimney is 109 metres from ground level. The lift to the top is named 'Lift 109'.

Battersea Power Station - The Old Coaling Jetty -…

25 Sep 2023

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This is where an endless stream of barges and lighters came to be emptied of their cargoes of coal, to feed the furnaces of the power station.

Battersea Power Station - Turbine Hall A north end…

25 Sep 2023

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Battersea Power Station - overhead crane and girde…

25 Sep 2023

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Battersea Powerstation from a train crossing the T…

02 May 2007

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Battersea Power Station from the train from Victoria These two photographs were taken while the endless wrangling over the power station's future was going on. These were the original chimneys that were essential parts of the building's 'Listed' status. When the reconstruction was being planned they were deemed to be unfit for continued use. The current ones are reproductions.

Battersea Power Station, from a train on the South…

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Battersea Power Station from a train from Waterloo These two photographs were taken while the endless wrangling over the power station's future was going on. These were the original chimneys that were essential parts of the building's 'Listed' status. When the reconstruction was being planned they were deemed to be unfit for continued use. The current ones are reproductions.