Bankside Power Station (London, England)

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Name (Latin)
Bankside Power Station (London, England)
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Other Identifiers

VIAF: 138646060
Wikidata: Q806832
Library of congress: no 00051880
TAU10: 000179564
Sources of Information
  • Bankside Power Station WWW Home page, July 20, 2000(Bankside Power Station; London; built as an oil-fired station; replaced an older coal fired station on the same site; designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott in 1947; building completed 1963; decommissioned in 1981; converted into the Tate Gallery of Modern Art, which will open in May 2000)
  • Power into art, 2000:p. xviii (old Bankside Power Station; the building to be converted into an art gallery; located on the south bank of the Thames River [on Bankside Street])
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Wikipedia description:

Bankside Power Station is a decommissioned power station located on the south bank of the River Thames, in the Bankside area of the Borough of Southwark, London. It generated electricity from 1891 to 1981. It was also used as a training base for electrical and mechanical student apprenticeships from all over the country. Since 2000 the building has housed the Tate Modern art museum and gallery.

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