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Description: | This power station was designed by J R Chapman, 1902-4, and was built to supply electricity to the underground. Notable for then being the world's largest electric traction station and the first to be designed exclusively for steam turbines. A control room was added in 1925-35. In 1963 the power station was converted to oil and in 1975 to gas. | Subjects: | Steam Turbine Power Station Skylight Steam Turbine Transport Engineering And Technology Industry | Source: | English Heritage - Viewfinder | Creator: | Lemere, Bedford | Identifier: | http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.u... | Language: | en | Go to resource |
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