Battersea Power Station
About Battersea Power Station
Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned coal-fired power station located on the south bank of the River Thames in Nine Elms, Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It was built by the London Power Company (LPC) to the design of Leonard Pearce, Engineer in Chief to the LPC, and CS Allott & Son Engineers. The architects were J. Theo Halliday and Giles Gilbert Scott. The station is one of the world's largest brick buildings and notable for its original, Art Deco interior fittings and decor.
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Battersea Power Station affected TV in a massive way because there was a fire there and the fire caused power failures all throughout London. They had to change the launch date of BBC 2 to the next day because Battersea Power Station ruined it.
from No Such Thing As Notting Mountain, 2016-06-02 at 00:16:09 · read transcript
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I think I've been to the place. where the graveyard isn't Surrey yeah a bit beyond Croydon I have a feeling that I deliberately drove my wife about 50 miles out of that direction just to see that graveyard once doesn't sound like you James did they let you in James to browse the dead I can't really they were too busy frantically trying to find some glass the guy who invented invented designed many of the models of phone box. He did the two, the three, and the K-6 as well. Giles Gilbert Scott, he was an unbelievable guy. In fact, we've mentioned him once or twice before because Dan, you said, ages ago that he did Battersea Power Station and the phone boxes and other stuff. And he did Waterloo Bridge and he did the tape modern building. His imprint...
No Such Thing As A Dinosaur For Goldilocks, 2021-05-07 · listen
The guy who invented, designed many of the models of Phonebox. He did the two, the three, and the K6 as well. Giles Gilbert Scott. He was an unbelievable guy. In fact, we've mentioned him once or twice before because, Dan, you said, ages ago, that he did Battersea Power Station and did Phoneboxes and other stuff. Yeah. He did Waterloo Bridge and he did the Tate Modern Building. His imprint.
372: No Such Thing As A Dinosaur For Goldilocks, 2021-05-07 · listen
It would still be an upside down table. It would, but a table's more easy to identify when it's upside down, whereas a dinosaur is completely impossible to recognize. I'm trying to think of something else with the legs in the air. Battersea Power Station. That's what we thought they were. I thought they were mini power stations. They've got, I think they've got very thick skin, and this is part of the reason why this happens, because their skin's so thick it can take.
No Such Thing As Dinosaur Diaries, 2017-09-29 · listen
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