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  • The generators were removed as they are in the process of dismantling the powerstation, which is .. incredibly sad.

    Damn Interesting 2008

  • Set pieces not at touristy iconic places but at old industrial places, the abandoned grounds of battersea powerstation, ruins / rebuiling of wembley - locatiosn such as Lords cricket ground repurposed.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Pepsi Challenge. London after the Wave. 2009

  • It's in an old powerstation about 20 minutes from the London Eye, very modern and sleek.

    Archive 2007-12-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2007

  • It's in an old powerstation about 20 minutes from the London Eye, very modern and sleek.

    Macabre London Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2007

  • The dogs paths provide immediate imagery to sustain discussion and interpretation of an otherwise imperceptible environmental condition of interest (e.g. radioactivity; air quality issues and the re-opening of English powerstation; class-based environmental discrimination).

    Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Feral Robot Dogs: Art, Technology, Activism 2003

  • Footage from the Battersea powerstation shoot, circa 1977.

    Pink Floyd Videos ILuvNUFC 2004

  • Some one trusted Charlie with a nuclear powerstation?

    The Friday Morning "I Need A Coffee" Review: Way Of The Traitor dannybradbury 2002

  • Since the local low-tension distribution network must be provided anyway, the cost of local distribution would remain the same whether the electricity-supply comes from the local powerstation, or from grid extension fed by a distant power plant.

    1. BASIC APPROACH a) Cost-Benefit-Approach for Socio-Economic Selection 1985

  • Though the building was served by its own powerstation, the elevators no longer ran, and the hot water was rationed, as in a fifthrate French pension.

    Greener Than You Think Ward Moore 1940

  • It is always dangerous to press an analogy too far, but I think it is safe to say that I am going to try and tell you something about an Imperial powerstation, which was created, when even before the war was over the Empire was called upon to build up an organization which would care for our graves in all parts of the world.

    A Successful Experiment in Imperial Co-operation 1925

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