BDExif II* R X f n ( 1 ( v 2 ; @ i Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned coal-fired power station located on the south bank of the River Thames, in Battersea, an inner-city district of South West London. It comprises two individual power stations, built in two stages in the form of a single building. Battersea A Power Station was built in the 1930s, with Battersea B Power Station to its east in the 1950s. The two stations were built to an identical design, providing the well known four-chimney layout. The station ceased generating electricity in 1983, but over the past 50 years it has become one of the best known landmarks in London and is Grade II* listed. The fact that the station's output continued to fall, coupled with increased operating costs, such as flue gas cleaning, led to Battersea's demise. On 17 March 1975, the A Station was closed after being in operation for 40 years. By this time the A Station was co-firing oil and its generating capacity had declined to 228 MW. On 31 October 1983 production of electricity at Station B also ended, after nearly 30 years of operation. By then the B Station's generating capacity had fallen to 146 MW. The closure of the two stations was put down largely to the generating equipment becoming outdated, and the preferred choice of fuel for electricity generation shifting from coal toward oil, gas and nuclear power. Since the station ceased generating electricity, there have been numerous proposals and attempts to redevelop the site. Canon Canon EOS 7D , , Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows) 2013:12:21 21:46:32 Ben Tucker All Rights Reserved. Full copyright www.tuckerphotography.co.uk 0 8 " ' 0230 @ T h p x 00 0 1 2 4 8mm # 2013:11:10 09:11:11 2013:11:10 09:11:11 K; @B ) O 4 S Ben Tucker 2781231392 & . ( 6 9 H H Adobe d s !1AQa"q2B#R3b$r%C4Scs5D'6Tdt& EFVU(eufv7GWgw8HXhx)9IYiy*:JZjz m !1AQa"q2#BRbr3$4CS%cs5DT &6E'dtU7()euFVfvGWgw8HXhx9IYiy*:JZjz ? *Uee5(_݀YL:
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