Power stations Gallery

Battersea Power Station AA077607

BATTERSEA POWER STATION, London. View of the station in Battersea, as seen at dusk from across the River Thames in Westminster, and showing steam rising from its four distinctive chimneys and lights illuminating the surrounding industrial machinery. Photographed by John Gay. Date range: 1955 - 1960

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Dusk, Industrial, River

Working on a chimney JLP01_08_060724

ISLE OF GRAIN, MEDWAY. Construction workers suspended in harnesses working on the surface of a chimney stack at the South Eastern Gas Board's (SEGAS) Power Station on the Isle of Grain.
In the late 1950's, the South Eastern Gas Board (SEGAS) set up a power plant on the Isle of Grain. The plant was adjacent to the Grain refinery, and was designed to produce gas from petroleum products. In the negative register, Lytag S. E. Gas Board, Isle of Grain, Kent is recorded next to this image. Lytag is a lightweight aggregate material that can withstand high temperatures. According to the April 1963 edition of Laing's monthly newsletter, Team Spirit, Lytag was used for the flue lining at the SEGAS Isle of Grain plant

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Hinkley Point Power Station DP178185

Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Station, Nr Bridgwater, Somerset.
General view of Hinkley Point A and B power stations as seen from Lilstock beach. Viewed from the west, 2015. Twentieth Century architect, Frederick Gibberd

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Architecture, Coast, Modern