Is it bad that i wish theyd kept the turbines

Interestingly the biggest serge in power tends to be when everyone gets a shower, before or after work. The water pumps that keep the line pressure all kick in. Also the generators slightly lead the grid wave so that its generating or pulling the grid rather than being a giant motor.

Why is it an event space, not a museum or heritage building open to the public?

Imagine making power stations with that kind of attention to beauty and detail in today's world. Everything made today got a sense of decaying late stage civilization.

So, battersae has now been destroyed by "realestate developers" Batersea deserved better, it should have been a museum of power generation, not some shoping center. RIP battersea

Is it possible to visit this place?

Bucket list item. The first synchroscope has "Fast" on the left side which I thought was a British thing. But in hall B the Synchroscope has Past on the right side like here in America, the kind I've used. Soo good to see the original "Bakelite" covers and parts. They really did a great job restoring the hall. Hopefully there are tours of the place.

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Oh wow! How did this get past the boring "money people" with zero imagination who only want to tear such places down to make a quick buck on the land?

Wow…. Can’t wait to see that !

Well done. Great preservation.

I toured the station as part of a school sixth form field trip in 1975 when the place was still running. They've done a fantastic job on Control Room A. I was fascinated by the huge dials.

In Victoria in the 1960s it was looking to be a quiet Sunday afternoon at one of the State Electricity Commission’s power stations. However an old favourite movie was showing on the TV and everyone turned on their TVs and there was this sudden demand and everyone had to scramble. I dimly recall it might have been a repeat of “The Ghost and Mrs Muir”. After that day the SEC would look at forthoming events and plan for them. Around that time Melbourne was notoriosly boring with everything being closed on Sunday and all you can do is watch TV.

Built by our ancestors to provide cheap and reliable power, boosting our wealth to unheard of levels. Still happening in India and China, hundreds under construction. Destroyed by us with consequent drastic increases in energy costs. Crazy.

Ah... yesteryear, when night time light switches worked as advertised

Dam I have walked around the shopping mall but I did not know this was open to the public.

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It's not Time Team, but it's still delightful!

Absolutely beautiful. Perhaps hide some 50Hz buzz generators in the panels? Now hook it up to a simulation computer so you can 'drive' a coal power plant!

In the early 1950s I recall my mother bawling her eyes out after dusting our Battersea Park Road flat, that despite the windows being shut, coal dust covered every surface. Itvwas a very polluting power station. In fact the doctors told my parents they should move away as I wasn't thriving. We moved to Bromley then Deal in Kent. Clean, if bracing air. She would have loved the development and shops, but passed away in 1997.

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You see the original control room in "The Meaning Of Life"...

It's a shame they couldn't do that with ferry bridge station...which started generating electricity in the 1920s i believe..

WOW !

I started my Electrical Utility career in Cape Town, South Africa. Cape Town's original power stations and substations were all based on the British stations. I recognise alot of the design and styles of Battersea. Its sureal to see the similarities. I spent my career upgrading and replacing these old systems. Such a control room will easilly be replaced with just a handfull of panels and a few Computers these days. Allthough imensely more powerfull and functional, it lacks the quality feel and heft of those old panels. These days those stations will not be manned and when I worked there on faults in the middel of the night, it always had this strange and spooky feel. It always felt like I would bump into the ghost of an old operator in those dark narrow passage ways. Great work to all that took the time and effort to restore such an industrial piece of art. #chefskiss ❤

I'm amazed at the work they have done with Control Room A, but I wish they had included the engine telegraphs that they used to communicate with the engineers in the boiler house and turbine hall. I've seen photos of power station staff standing ready at the telegraphs preparing to let the rest of the staff know what needed to be done. I imagine these were replaced with a different sort of communication system over the lifetime of the station, but I love the idea of swinging the lever to "Full Speed" and hearing the turbines spool up in the turbine hall.

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Love your Battersea films, especially this one; I love the bronze doors, and its awesome to finally see them feature in one of your narratives! Excellent work.

When architects and artists worked together. Nowadays its mostly imagination-free aesthetically challenged engineers cobbling together visual atrocities that the rest of us have to live with.

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What an iconic building. Excellent work.

Impressive structure . . . . necessary at the time, but consider the massiveness of the space required to distribute the amount of power that today probably occupies the space of a broom closet. It is always a good thing to see important historical landmarks preserved and made available for future generations to understand their heritage. One can only hope the commercial side experiences the success necessary to perpetuate this experience for years to come. Great job!

He should do his research. It’s not a “power surge”. It’s a “demand surge” which requires more power.

that is cool as heck. I tell people all the time if i go to London i have to go to Battersea Park and no one knows what I am talking about. So i tell them it's a power station and after that they probably think I'm crazy to want to see a power station, but to me it is one of the coolest buildings I have ever seen! They made a mistake by blocking the station with those new buildings!!!

Odd coincidence having a former power station restored by a company called Lucas. Surely no relation to that infamous Lucas Prince of Darkness?

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Well done gentlemen. Am very happy to know that it was restored. I hope one day I get to see it with my own eyes.

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Tony's 8 months pregnant and still managed all that walking about.

This is fab. It’s the perfect topic for Tony’s entertaining, informative and educational presenting style.

Amazing restoration, my dad visited this station while at school, when it was working … It’s a pity so many other closed power stations are now gone, surely just one modern mega power station has to be preserved for future generations, West Burton or Drax could be used for this purpose, they may be modern now but in 30 years time …???

I remember we came to the visitors centre when it was still a construction site on a school trip in the 90s, there was an architectural model of the finished site.

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I'm so happy it was saved. When I first learned about Battersea power station many years ago I was sad to see the state it was in after a bunch of development plans gone wrong. But now it's looking beautiful

What an incredible video and an incredible chap presenting all the details. I feel even more proud of my Battersea neighbourhood :-)

It looks like a scene from classic Doctor Who

Passed it many times . Brilliant building 👍🇬🇧

I'm glad to see Battersea power station has been made to look like it was back in the day

It brought electricity to London, It graced a Pink Floyd album cover, It now is immortalized as the first Grade II listing on acid. Drop dead gorgeous in detail and historic preservation with a brilliant repurpose.