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Description: | This Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (G.N.P&B.R.) colour-illustrated postcard shows Chelsea Power House, commonly referred to as Lots Road Power Station.
When the power station was built in 1902-5 at Chelsea Creek, it was said to be the largest generating station in the world. Its eight massive 5,500 kilowatt turbo generators produced 65,000 horsepower. Its position on the Thames allowed coal to be brought in easily by barge and provided a ready supply of water for cooling.
Although the station was initially built by Charles Yerkes to power the District line, it was powerful enough to run all the Underground Electric Railways Company of London lines, including the G.N.P&B.R. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Transport Cityscape | Temporal: | Feb 1909 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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