As I gave up the hope of visiting the famous Battersea Power Station when I discovered the 40,000 people queuing, I comforted myself going to the Wandsworth one, where I was alone. This coal-fired power station has a similar brick design as Battersea, however it is 30 years older. Interestingly, it was initially built to provide power (electricity) to the underground (Metropolitan District Railway then) which was using steam locomotive at that time. Amazingly, it remained in function and supplied the underground until 2002!
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| No crowd but still an amazing cathedral-like design (and traces of successive improvement / refurbishment as it was adapted for fuel then oil fired-powered) |
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| Street facade - in perfect condition |
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| River side, where coal was unloaded from ships |
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| My favorite, patchwork-like facade |
If you are lucky enough to enter, here is what you could see:
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