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    Posted: May 05 2006 at 15:20
This power plant is really famous...
 
This is the cover of the album "Our World" of  BLUE MINK, published in 1971, where we can glimpse the Battersea Power Station. 
 
Our World -- album cover
 
this is the same location (Battersea Power Station, London) of famous Pink Floyd's Animals album
 
PINK FLOYD: "Animals" (1977)
 
 
Animals -- album cover
 
 
 
And the hard-prog band JUNIOR'S EYES entitled their first and only album (released in 1969) "Battersea Power Station", dedicated to the most famous power plant of London, which fed the Trident Studios, where that album was recorded.
 

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Battersea Power Station -- album cover

Battersea Power Station %28Expanded%29 -- album cover(expanded version)
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Points: 20032 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 05 2006 at 15:50
I can't see any of those pictures Andrew.
Yes, it is an iconic building and a major part of the South London landscape, although it's not a power station now.
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Another ex south bank power station is much  more in the news nowadays, i.e. as The Tate Modern. There have been so many suggestions for the redundant Battersea Power Station in the last 20 years; I think the last was as an amusement park....
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Surely Battersea Power Station is the Tate Modern?
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here is the Tate Modern:

 
and now is the battersea:
 
man! you are lucky to have tons of captivating & symbolic buildings like that!
 
in Quebec city, we have a mere replica, much less impressive: the Reed Paper building:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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Battersea Power station also crops up on some of The Orb's album covers, including their excellent debut Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld and Live 93. This is partly because Orb mainman Alex Patterson is a lifelong resident of South London and is also a kind of hommage to Pink Floyd.
 
The Tate Modern is housed in and old power station, but not Battersea power station, which is a couple of miles away and is still disused.
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^ All these years i have been under a misapprehension! How could get it so wrong?
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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

^ All these years i have been under a misapprehension! How could get it so wrong?
 
 
You're not the only one Snow Dog - it seems to be a pretty common misconception. Given that most people know that the Tate Modern is built in an old power station in South London, and Battersea Power Station is a famous South London landmark, it's a logical enough assumption. Some Japanese tourists I met a few months back were actually quite disappointed that the Tate Modern looked nothing like the cover of Animals.
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Battersea is plainly visible from the train coming from Canterbury and Paris.
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^ I always marvel at it when I'm coming into London to visit friends on the train too. It is such an iconic building and it always makes me smile when I see it. If I'm travelling with someone else they always look at me when we pass it, waiting for me to make some prog or Orb reference. I can be very predictable!
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
For some reasons I remember getting a better view with the standard trains of the early 90's than on the Eurostar TGV, >> which I find weird since the Eurostar is not on its proper site and uses normal tracks
 
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Because the old trains were ending in Waterloo and the new Eurostar is ending in Victoria >> maybe that is why I found the view different last January then I remembered it from my early 90's trip >> not using the same tracks, maybe?
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And when the Channel Tunnel Terminus in London shifts to StPancras, then the train won't go pased BAtteresea Power Sattion.

Battersea is up the west end of London on the Thames' south bank, the Tate Modern is opposite the City of London on the south bank, and one end of the Millenium Foot Bridge. BTW the South Bank Art Complex (including Queen Elizabeth Hall - venue for several live prog recordings, and home of the annual Meltdown Festival)  is about halfway between the two former  power station, outside Waterloo Station.
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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
For some reasons I remember getting a better view with the standard trains of the early 90's than on the Eurostar TGV, >> which I find weird since the Eurostar is not on its proper site and uses normal tracks

 

Or is it?[IMG]height=17 alt=Confused src="http://www.progarchives.com/forum/smileys/smiley5.gif" width=17 align=absMiddle>

 

Because the old trains were ending in Waterloo and the new Eurostar is ending in Victoria >> maybe that is why I found the view different last January then I remembered it from my early 90's trip >> not using the same tracks, maybe?


Not sure Sean. I've not used the 'Chunnel' yet, but the Eurostar still terminates at Waterloo, not Victoria. I thought Waterloo was the only UK terminus for this train.

The Eurostar probably joins the line further on from where the optimum view of BPS is.
    
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Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
For some reasons I remember getting a better view with the standard trains of the early 90's than on the Eurostar TGV, >> which I find weird since the Eurostar is not on its proper site and uses normal tracks

 

Or is it?[IMG]height=17 alt=Confused src="http://www.progarchives.com/forum/smileys/smiley5.gif" width=17 align=absMiddle>

 

Because the old trains were ending in Waterloo and the new Eurostar is ending in Victoria >> maybe that is why I found the view different last January then I remembered it from my early 90's trip >> not using the same tracks, maybe?


Not sure Sean. I've not used the 'Chunnel' yet, but the Eurostar still terminates at Waterloo, not Victoria. I thought Waterloo was the only UK terminus for this train.

The Eurostar probably joins the line further on from where the optimum view of BPS is.
    
 
 
 
Victoria and Waterloo >> I always them mixed up
The old trains used to crossed the Thames on the right banks where the Eurostar does not
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It's a Grade 2 listed building, i.e. protected from demolition or alteration without government approval.

Personally, I think Battersea Power Station is an eyesore and should be demolished. Ugly as sin.




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Originally posted by Fitzcarraldo Fitzcarraldo wrote:


It's a Grade 2 listed building, i.e. protected from demolition or alteration without government approval.Personally, I think Battersea Power Station is an eyesore and should be demolished. Ugly as sin.


What a disgraceful point of view for a prog fan!


     
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I think its a great iconic building
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Points: 3300 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2006 at 01:02
i always found the pic on animals so impressive! i was listening animals while wondering how it was inside: i was feeling lke a punk wanting to squat the building!
 
 
 
look at those pics:
 
Battersea B Turbine Hall Image Source : Landmark of London %28CEGB%29
 
Electric Supply
 
The Control Room probably in the 1970s
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Battersea A Turbine Hall
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
i particularly like this one:
 
Battersea Power Station 1944
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Points: 3300 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2006 at 01:20

montreal has TONS of abandoned buildings:

here are some interesting pics:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
the most impressive one: the grain elevator #2:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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