File:Battersea Bridge and Lots Road Power Station. Chelsea.jpg
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English: Battersea Bridge.
Battersea Bridge is a five-span arch bridge with cast-iron girders and granite piers crossing the River Thames. It is situated on a sharp bend in the river, and links Battersea south of the river with Chelsea to the north. The bridge replaced a ferry service that had operated near the site since at least the middle of the 16th century. In 1879 the bridge was taken into public ownership, and in 1885 demolished and replaced with the existing bridge, designed by Sir Joseph Bazalgette and built by John Mowlem & Co. The narrowest surviving road bridge over the Thames in London, it is one of London's least busy Thames bridges. The location on a bend in the river makes the bridge a hazard to shipping, and it has been closed many times due to collisions. Lots Road Power Station is a disused coal and later oil-fired power station on the River Thames at Lots Road in Chelsea, London which supplied electricity to the London Underground system. The station was built end-on to the Thames, on the north bank of the tidal Chelsea Creek. Permission for the station was granted in 1897 and construction started in 1902 and completed in 1905. The station burned 700 tonnes of coal a day and had a generating capacity of 50,000 kW. At the time it was claimed to be the largest power station ever built and would eventually power most of the railways and tramways in the Underground Electric Railways group. In the 1990s, it was decided that rather than re-equip Lots Road, it would continue to operate until the machinery's life was expired. It remained in operation until being shut down on 21 October 2002. Since then, all power for the tube system is supplied from the National Grid. The property company which now owns the site wishes to convert the station into shops, restaurants and apartments, as well as constructing additional buildings - including two skyscrapers - on the adjoining vacant land. |
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Author | amandabhslater |
Camera location | 51° 28′ 40.9″ N, 0° 10′ 53.4″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 51.478028; -0.181499 |
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Date and time of data generation | 13:53, 2 August 2009 |
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File change date and time | 23:48, 3 August 2009 |
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Date and time of digitizing | 13:53, 2 August 2009 |
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