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Forsyth's Compendium of Curious Contraptions
Forsyth's Compendium of Curious Contraptions
@feorag.wordpress.com@feorag.wordpress.com  ·  activity timestamp 16 hours ago

Battersea Power Station now

It was with a little trepidation that I visited Battersea Power Station the other day. I knew it had been converted into a shopping centre, and had all sort of visions of the horrors that awaited me. I shouldn’t have worried, because I think they did a good job. The industrial, art deco, nature of the building has been preserved, with quite a lot of stuff left in place.

I didn’t get any photos of the old control room, which has been converted into a cocktail bar, but with all the controls, gauges etc left. I couldn’t afford a drink there.

#1930s #artDeco #BatterseaPowerStation #england #industrialHeritage #london
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A nighttime view of the art deco brick facade of Battersea Power Station taken from a moderate distance. A grey sign, about the height of five people, urges us to look up. the arrows on the sign line up with one of the iconic chimneys. The scene is framed by modern residential and retail buildings.
A nighttime view of the art deco brick facade of Battersea Power Station taken from a moderate distance. A grey sign, about the height of five people, urges us to look up. the arrows on the sign line up with one of the iconic chimneys. The scene is framed by modern residential and retail buildings.
A nighttime view of the art deco brick facade of Battersea Power Station taken from a moderate distance. A grey sign, about the height of five people, urges us to look up. the arrows on the sign line up with one of the iconic chimneys. The scene is framed by modern residential and retail buildings.
The brick facade and two white chimneys of Battersea Power Station interrupted by a pretty boring modern bridge. Taken at night, a leafless tree with lights is in the left foreground.
The brick facade and two white chimneys of Battersea Power Station interrupted by a pretty boring modern bridge. Taken at night, a leafless tree with lights is in the left foreground.
The brick facade and two white chimneys of Battersea Power Station interrupted by a pretty boring modern bridge. Taken at night, a leafless tree with lights is in the left foreground.
Arty, sharply-angled photograph of the south facade of Battersea Power Station taken at night.
Arty, sharply-angled photograph of the south facade of Battersea Power Station taken at night.
Arty, sharply-angled photograph of the south facade of Battersea Power Station taken at night.
A solid bit of machinery inside the new shopping centre at Battersea Power Station. It's green and very industrial.
A solid bit of machinery inside the new shopping centre at Battersea Power Station. It's green and very industrial.
A solid bit of machinery inside the new shopping centre at Battersea Power Station. It's green and very industrial.
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