Battersea Power Station, Jan 2010

[mc_nebula]

Battersea A Power Station was built in the 1930s, with Battersea B Power Station to its east in the 1950s. The two stations were built to an identical design, providing the well known four chimney layout. The station ceased generating electricity in 1983, and was sold to its current owners for £400 million in 2006.
The power station (which is the largest brick building in Europe) is best known for its internal art deco decor and its external brickwork and chimneys which are visible all over London.
Planning application for housing, a biomass power station, an "eco dome", a park, an extension to the London Underground and an indoor shoppingcentre have been submitted. Construction is projected to start in 2011 (really?)

Thanks for looking

http://www.mc-nebula.com/ for more of my pics.

 

[wolfism]

Excellent stuff - love seeing photos of the control rooms and the "white room". I'm surprised we don't see more posts about Battersea, considering ...

 

[Pincheck]

yeh nice stuff mate

 

[4737carlin]

Good to see a Battersea report on here

 

[klempner69]

Great to sea some different shots,particularly the lounge area showing the chimneys through the window..I love those very much.Good report Mc.

 

[Foxylady]

Stunning photos, mc. Always good to see a report from Battersea. Nice work, mate.

 

[Krypton]

Nice place. I hear ive missed all the action from this thread!

 

[smileysal]

Excellent pics MC, I love to see pics from Battersea. Love the control room, I'd have a field day in there pressing all those buttons.

That white apartment type room, is that part of an exhibition, or what the apartments will end up looking like when it's been converted? I do like it, not seen any pictures at all from that point before.

Excellent work mate, excellent work.

Sal

 

[mc_nebula]

Excellent pics MC, I love to see pics from Battersea. Love the control room, I'd have a field day in there pressing all those buttons.

That white apartment type room, is that part of an exhibition, or what the apartments will end up looking like when it's been converted? I do like it, not seen any pictures at all from that point before.

Excellent work mate, excellent work.

Sal

Hi Sal... Thanks for the kind words.

The room is within the power station, and we assume is a mockup from when the developers wanted housing on the site. It is a fully powered room, however, it is simply a plywood box within another room. We slept there on one occasion.

The more metallic looking control room is known as "B Side Control Room" but is actually called B side Axillary Switch Room. The other pictures of the more yellow control room are A side Control room, the control room for the whole power station.

If you are interested in seeing photos of the power station in operation and being built, I advise you to check out this SUPER website - http://www.dmax-scripts.co.uk/Index...a_Power_Station_files/info/Battersea_Info.htm

Thanks

 

[havoc]

Nice set that.

 

[smileysal]

No probs mate, and cheers for the link.

*goes off to study that in full*

Sal

 

[ImmortalShadow]

Some lovely photos here all those buttons and levers!! Like Sal, I'd have a feild day pressing those buttons and pulling those levers (more innuendo in that then I meant ) I should myself get to Battersea Powerstation if I can.

 

[Gangeox]

Seeing as my last reply was pulled, i'll try again

Well done for getting round and great shots of a truely awesome place.

 

[wolfism]

If you are interested in seeing photos of the power station in operation and being built, I advise you to check out this SUPER website - http://www.dmax-scripts.co.uk/Index...a_Power_Station_files/info/Battersea_Info.htm

Yep, Dmax's site is fantastic, and he's put a huge amount of work into modelling up the power station in 3D.

Battersea is one of the most impressive industrial sites in Britain, it deserves all the coverage it can get on the forums so that more people can see it.

 

[burb147]

sooooooooooooooooooooooo want to go here.

 

[Derelicta]

this place impressed the first time i arrived by train in London, in 1989. I didn't know years and years later I'd had hoped to explore it with my camera.
In 2010? Who knows.

I saw inside shots before, yours are great ones too!

 

[muppix]

Very impresive set there Mc_Nebula, inspiring stuff! One day ...

Mup.

 

[GE066]

were these really taken this year? There appears to be something very large and obvious missing from the courtyard shots. aka The Boiler House! Or have you used some cunning angle to cut it out?

 

[WhiteRabbit]

beautiful

 

[mc_nebula]

were these really taken this year? There appears to be something very large and obvious missing from the courtyard shots. aka The Boiler House! Or have you used some cunning angle to cut it out?

The last few shots were taken just before the missing item arrived, so, if I am 100% honest, they are not all this years shots. However, the rest were all taken Jan 2010. Seemed easier to title the thread "Battersea, Jan 2010" than "Battersea Jan 2010 and a few other fleeting visits, over a few months..."