Battersea Power Station - Coal Conveyor September 1988


Part of a set of rare images of Battersea Power Station that were taken in the late 1980s. The set comprises of the dismantling of both A station and B station and shows the process of removing the turbines as scrap metal by the construction workers as well as salvage engineers. The Grade II * listed building was decommissioned in 1975 for the A station and 1983 for the B station.


Size: 7360px × 4911px
Location: Battersea Power Station, London, UK
Photo credit: © Simon Webster / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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