Teamed up with @PatientTheory for this one.
These tunnels were built to carry high voltage power cables under the Thames from Battersea Power Station to Pimlico. Most likely constructed at the same time as the A part of the power station in the late 1920s and early 1930s, but definitely in existence once the B station was finished in 1953. There is a third tunnel under the Thames from Battersea, built in the 1950s to supply the Churchill Gardens Estate with waste heat from the power station (we didn't explore this one).
One of the shafts on the Battersea side of the river.
At this point we were directly under the power station, could hear the hum of the generators powering the lights on site. We also thought we could hear some construction work going on.
Glimpses of the turbine hall could be seen through holes in the brickwork.
Another tunnel seemed to lead back down under the river.
But after a short distance it appeared to be flooded.
We popped a couple of the manhole covers on the Battersea side and found ourselves in the power station itself, some foxes screamed past, we thought a great explore might have been on the cards. Sadly ambitions were thwarted by workers, possibly security, on site. We hastily retreated back underground.
These tunnels were built to carry high voltage power cables under the Thames from Battersea Power Station to Pimlico. Most likely constructed at the same time as the A part of the power station in the late 1920s and early 1930s, but definitely in existence once the B station was finished in 1953. There is a third tunnel under the Thames from Battersea, built in the 1950s to supply the Churchill Gardens Estate with waste heat from the power station (we didn't explore this one).
One of the shafts on the Battersea side of the river.
At this point we were directly under the power station, could hear the hum of the generators powering the lights on site. We also thought we could hear some construction work going on.
Glimpses of the turbine hall could be seen through holes in the brickwork.
Another tunnel seemed to lead back down under the river.
But after a short distance it appeared to be flooded.
We popped a couple of the manhole covers on the Battersea side and found ourselves in the power station itself, some foxes screamed past, we thought a great explore might have been on the cards. Sadly ambitions were thwarted by workers, possibly security, on site. We hastily retreated back underground.
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