NEC ‘Battersea Power Station’ Annual Showcase
Pigs (Three Different Ones)
Battersea Power Station was built in the 1930s. The now decommissioned coal-fired power station located on the south bank of the River Thames, in Battersea, South London, used to provide electricity to a fifth of London.
The site actually held two generators: Battersea A Power Station, which was the first one built in the 1930s and Battersea B Power Station to its east, built in the 1950s. The two stations were built to an identical design, providing the well known four-chimney layout.
The station ceased generating electricity in 1983 when they discovered that the ingenious system they use to purify the smog exiting the chimneys was actually contaminating the waters of the River Thames err, yes like for over 30 years. Ed
Geny Caloisi with Jon Moore, photographer for Vogue... He wasn't impressed.
Unfortunately, the building’s condition has been described as ‘very bad’ by English Heritage, who include the power station on its Buildings at Risk Register.
Being a building site, we could only visit it wearing hard hats, fluorescent jackets and steel capped safety boots and as you can see from the picture here that totally cramped my style! Having said that it was one of those unmissable opportunities.
Adrian showing his age (and his eclectic musical taste) was most pleased that outside the purpose built NEC ‘arena’ inside the remains of the power station, the music playing was from the Animals album by Pink Floyd! That attention to detail was typical of NEC’s professional handling of the entire showcase.
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