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Sean Trane 
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 Topic: Battersea Power Station...
Posted: May 09 2006 at 06:07 |
Excellent pics
Thanks GB  |
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greenback
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Posted: May 09 2006 at 02:01 |
This is our "buttersea ex-church station"
Edited by greenback - May 09 2006 at 02:03
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greenback
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Posted: May 09 2006 at 01:56 |
the same photo nowadays showing the turbines hall:
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greenback
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Posted: May 08 2006 at 14:41 |
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grrr...i hatec those tripod things...
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Snow Dog
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Posted: May 08 2006 at 06:14 |
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Snow Dog
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Posted: May 08 2006 at 06:12 |
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Fitzcarraldo
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Posted: May 08 2006 at 06:08 |
LOL. And I don't like "Animals" much either. 
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Jim Garten
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Posted: May 08 2006 at 03:16 |
 Fitzcarraldo wrote:
Personally, I think Battersea Power Station is an eyesore and should be demolished. Ugly as sin. |
Heresy!
Burn the non-believer!
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greenback
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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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greenback
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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:
i particularly like this one:
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Snow Dog
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Posted: May 07 2006 at 14:22 |
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I think its a great iconic building
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Blacksword
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Posted: May 07 2006 at 14:13 |
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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Fitzcarraldo
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Posted: May 07 2006 at 12:49 |
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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.
Edited by Fitzcarraldo - May 07 2006 at 12:49
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Sean Trane
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Posted: May 07 2006 at 07:19 |
Blacksword wrote:
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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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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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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Blacksword
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Posted: May 07 2006 at 06:23 |
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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Snow Dog
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Posted: May 06 2006 at 17:57 |
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Dick Heath
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Posted: May 06 2006 at 17:45 |
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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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Sean Trane
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Posted: May 06 2006 at 14:21 |
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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? 
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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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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Blacksword
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Posted: May 06 2006 at 10:28 |
^ 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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Sean Trane
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Posted: May 06 2006 at 07:54 |
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Battersea is plainly visible from the train coming from Canterbury and Paris.
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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