Reports - London
Battersea Power Station
Where? London. Photos 41. Comments 3. Posted 21 October 2006.
Battersea Power Stations is one of the iconic buildings of London, if not Britain. It was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, who was also responsible for designing another UK icon - the red phone box.
Construction on the power station started in 1929 and was completed in 1939. It was originally built with two chimneys and one generator hall. In the 1950's a second hall/chimneys were built mirroring the original. These two sides are known as A and B.
A rare opportunity to view the power station was presented in the form of an art exhibition - China Power Station Part 1. This is dubbed as a "major exhibition of Chinese contemporary art, architecture and sound". I'm not really bothered about art, but just had to go to visit the power station!
Chambers Wharf & Cold Stores Ltd
Where? London. Photos 10. Comments 1. Posted 2 October 2007.
Chambers Wharf is one of the last remaining dockside warehouses in central London. Many larger similar buildings have been demolished or redeveloped - indeed the same fate awaits this building.
It was initially built in the 1930s as a warehouse/cold store for imported meat and other food, and was used for this purpose up until the 1980s. A During the war, the military briefly used it; and there are rumours of bomb shelters underneath going under the Thames.
After closure, it was used as a gold bullion store & document store. Two episodes of The Professionals were also filmed there.
