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Battersea Power Station, 2009-2010
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Wonderful art deco, what a treasure house.
I loved the Standby Exciter. Sounds like an extra in a porn film.
I loved the Standby Exciter. Sounds like an extra in a porn film.
Ahead of BPS opening to the public this Friday, I thought I'd dig back through the archive and pop up a few photos that I'd previously not shared.
Starting with Control Room A
Control Room A of course overlooks Turbine Hall A, you can see the bay windows in the top left of this photo:
And seeing the Boiler House empty during daylight was a bit of a treat too. Brazen? Perhaps, but I'd been here enough times.
But the best view of the Boiler House was from up here:
I'm looking forward to having a nose around when it's open. I fancy that large parts of it are going to be unrecognisable, but at least I'll have a bit of an idea of which doors to try snooping behind.
Starting with Control Room A
Control Room A of course overlooks Turbine Hall A, you can see the bay windows in the top left of this photo:
And seeing the Boiler House empty during daylight was a bit of a treat too. Brazen? Perhaps, but I'd been here enough times.
But the best view of the Boiler House was from up here:
I'm looking forward to having a nose around when it's open. I fancy that large parts of it are going to be unrecognisable, but at least I'll have a bit of an idea of which doors to try snooping behind.
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Wonderful shot of the control desk. The 'Houston' of its day. "Beam me up, Scotty".
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Those shots at the start of the thread are stunning. Shows just how fantasic old engineering could look!
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That is stunning, shame there aint none left like that. Also gutted I wasnt really properly into exploring back then
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Awesome reports and photos, great job! What a beautiful place.
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So true. When turning those controls and flicking the switches, one felt and often heard what was happening inside the cabinet. A bit like turning the knobs on an old Baby Belling. There was a direct connection between one's fingers and the result. Perhaps the first time I enjoyed that was when 'driving' the Atco 18 inch wide cylinder mower to cut the large lawns at my parents' guest house. I'd have been 12 or 13. Push over the clutch handle, open the throttle and it would come to life under my control. Using one's hands and legs when riding a horse is another example of that continuum of thought, action and result. Driving a steam locomotive is another example of engineering where everything is there to be seen; regulator, brake levers, injector valves, etc - all manually operated. As with fly-by-wire aircraft, and modern cars where there is no mechanical connection from the accelerator pedal, it is a 'push button' world. The power may be there, but the sensation has gone.
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