Battersea Power Station, London: the north-west corner of Battersea 'A' under construction
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Architect/Designer | Halliday, James Theodore (1882-1932) Scott, Sir Giles Gilbert (1880-1960)
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Country | UK: England |
City | London |
Subject Date | 1955 |
Image Date | 1932 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Art Deco |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | A344/35 |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour / B&W |
Black and white |
Credit |
RIBA Collections
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Notes |
NOTES:
The first phase was completed in 1933. The second two chimneystacks were added between 1944 and 1955. This image illustrates the construction of the chimney tower being a massive steel tower clad in brick with a plate girder platform to the base of the reinforced concrete chimney.
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Subject tags
steel, concrete, brickwork, riverside buildings, power stations, construction sites, chimneys