Work begins on site and leading architect, Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, who also designed the red telephone box, joins the project. Fast forward six years and the first phase of the Power Station, Battersea A, is complete with its two newly built chimneys claiming the title of being the tallest in London.<\/p>\n
1933: First two chimneys complete and Battersea A first generates electricity<\/p>\n"},{"image":{"ID":300,"id":300,"title":"History-Page-2","filename":"History-Page-2.jpg","filesize":216782,"url":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-2.jpg","link":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/fr\/histoire-2\/history-page-2\/","alt":"","author":"2","description":"","caption":"","name":"history-page-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":14,"date":"2022-08-02 14:15:51","modified":"2022-08-02 14:15:51","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1048,"height":1048,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-2-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-2-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-2-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-2-1024x1024.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-2.jpg","1536x1536-width":1048,"1536x1536-height":1048,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-2.jpg","2048x2048-width":1048,"2048x2048-height":1048,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-2.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":12,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"fullscreen":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-2.jpg","fullscreen-width":1048,"fullscreen-height":1048,"gallery-thumb":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-2-616x616.jpg","gallery-thumb-width":616,"gallery-thumb-height":616,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-2.jpg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":300,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":300,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-2.jpg","gform-image-choice-md-width":400,"gform-image-choice-md-height":400,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-2.jpg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":600,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":600}},"headline":"1955","subheading":"When Two Become Four","paragraph":"
As London\u2019s demand for power grows, the second stage of the Power Station reaches completion and with it comes the addition of two more chimneys and a Boiler House so vast that it would be possible to fit St Paul\u2019s Cathedral into the space.<\/p>\n"},{"image":{"ID":302,"id":302,"title":"History-Page-4","filename":"History-Page-4.jpg","filesize":121541,"url":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-4.jpg","link":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/fr\/histoire-2\/history-page-4\/","alt":"","author":"2","description":"","caption":"","name":"history-page-4","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":14,"date":"2022-08-02 14:15:52","modified":"2022-08-02 14:15:52","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1048,"height":1048,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-4-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-4-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-4-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-4-1024x1024.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-4.jpg","1536x1536-width":1048,"1536x1536-height":1048,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-4.jpg","2048x2048-width":1048,"2048x2048-height":1048,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-4.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":12,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"fullscreen":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-4.jpg","fullscreen-width":1048,"fullscreen-height":1048,"gallery-thumb":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-4-616x616.jpg","gallery-thumb-width":616,"gallery-thumb-height":616,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-4.jpg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":300,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":300,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-4.jpg","gform-image-choice-md-width":400,"gform-image-choice-md-height":400,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-4.jpg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":600,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":600}},"headline":"1976","subheading":"If Pigs Could Fly","paragraph":"
Pink Floyd commission a 40-foot helium filled pig balloon, nicknamed Algie, to grace the cover of their Animals album. Algie is to be anchored between the two northern chimneys whilst photographers snap the picture. However, this little piggy has other plans, breaking free and flying to Kent where he is rescued by a local farmer and subsequently returned to the capital for his photoshoot.<\/p>\n"},{"image":{"ID":301,"id":301,"title":"History-Page-3","filename":"History-Page-3.jpg","filesize":120200,"url":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-3.jpg","link":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/fr\/histoire-2\/history-page-3\/","alt":"","author":"2","description":"","caption":"","name":"history-page-3","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":14,"date":"2022-08-02 14:15:52","modified":"2022-08-02 14:15:52","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1048,"height":1048,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-3-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-3-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-3-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-3-1024x1024.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-3.jpg","1536x1536-width":1048,"1536x1536-height":1048,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-3.jpg","2048x2048-width":1048,"2048x2048-height":1048,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-3.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":12,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"fullscreen":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-3.jpg","fullscreen-width":1048,"fullscreen-height":1048,"gallery-thumb":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-3-616x616.jpg","gallery-thumb-width":616,"gallery-thumb-height":616,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-3.jpg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":300,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":300,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-3.jpg","gform-image-choice-md-width":400,"gform-image-choice-md-height":400,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-Page-3.jpg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":600,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":600}},"headline":"1983","subheading":"Powering Down","paragraph":"
Shortly after it is awarded Grade II listed status, which celebrates a building’s special architectural and historic interest, the Power Station closes and ceases to generate electricity.<\/p>\n"},{"image":false,"headline":"2012","subheading":"A New Lease of Life","paragraph":"
After decades of disuse and multiple failed attempts to revitalise the building, Battersea Power Station is purchased by the current shareholders \u2013 Sime Darby Property, SP Setia and EPF.<\/p>\n"},{"image":false,"headline":"2014","subheading":"A New Chapter Begins","paragraph":"
Work on the Power Station begins, transforming the 42-acre site surrounding the building into a new community of shops, restaurants, entertainment venues, homes, offices and open green spaces.<\/p>\n"},{"image":{"ID":363,"id":363,"title":"Chimneys-history-page-current","filename":"Chimneys-history-page-current.jpg","filesize":274309,"url":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Chimneys-history-page-current.jpg","link":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/fr\/histoire-2\/chimneys-history-page-current\/","alt":"","author":"2","description":"","caption":"","name":"chimneys-history-page-current","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":14,"date":"2022-08-04 12:09:59","modified":"2022-08-04 12:09:59","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1048,"height":1048,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Chimneys-history-page-current-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Chimneys-history-page-current-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Chimneys-history-page-current-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Chimneys-history-page-current-1024x1024.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Chimneys-history-page-current.jpg","1536x1536-width":1048,"1536x1536-height":1048,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Chimneys-history-page-current.jpg","2048x2048-width":1048,"2048x2048-height":1048,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Chimneys-history-page-current.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":12,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"fullscreen":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Chimneys-history-page-current.jpg","fullscreen-width":1048,"fullscreen-height":1048,"gallery-thumb":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Chimneys-history-page-current-616x616.jpg","gallery-thumb-width":616,"gallery-thumb-height":616,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Chimneys-history-page-current.jpg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":300,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":300,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Chimneys-history-page-current.jpg","gform-image-choice-md-width":400,"gform-image-choice-md-height":400,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Chimneys-history-page-current.jpg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":600,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":600}},"headline":"2015 - 2017","subheading":"Chimney Restoration","paragraph":"
Badly crumbling and ultimately deemed unsafe due to their state of disrepair, Battersea Power Station\u2019s four iconic chimneys undergo a painstaking restoration and are reconstructed using the exact same methods used in the original builds during the 1930s and 1950s. A pair of Peregrine falcons also make Battersea Power Station their home. During construction, a temporary nest is built for the lovebirds where they have fletched more chicks during this time than ever before!<\/p>\n"},{"image":{"ID":334,"id":334,"title":"Lift-off","filename":"Lift-off.jpg","filesize":285247,"url":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Lift-off.jpg","link":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/fr\/histoire-2\/lift-off\/","alt":"","author":"2","description":"","caption":"","name":"lift-off","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":14,"date":"2022-08-02 17:35:27","modified":"2022-08-02 17:35:27","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1048,"height":1048,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Lift-off-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Lift-off-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Lift-off-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Lift-off-1024x1024.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Lift-off.jpg","1536x1536-width":1048,"1536x1536-height":1048,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Lift-off.jpg","2048x2048-width":1048,"2048x2048-height":1048,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Lift-off.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":12,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"fullscreen":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Lift-off.jpg","fullscreen-width":1048,"fullscreen-height":1048,"gallery-thumb":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Lift-off-616x616.jpg","gallery-thumb-width":616,"gallery-thumb-height":616,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Lift-off.jpg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":300,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":300,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Lift-off.jpg","gform-image-choice-md-width":400,"gform-image-choice-md-height":400,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Lift-off.jpg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":600,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":600}},"headline":"Present Day ","subheading":"We Have Lift Off","paragraph":"
Whilst all four chimneys are seemingly identical from the outside, the north-west chimney has been given a very special revamp. Following The Chimney Lift’s grand opening in November, steam is no longer the only thing rising out of Battersea Power Station…<\/p>\n"}]},"sections":[{"type":"mixed","image":{"variant":"half","background":false,"image":{"ID":360,"id":360,"title":"BPS-view-from-bubbles","filename":"BPS-view-from-bubbles.jpg","filesize":471517,"url":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BPS-view-from-bubbles.jpg","link":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/fr\/histoire-2\/bps-view-from-bubbles\/","alt":"","author":"2","description":"","caption":"","name":"bps-view-from-bubbles","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":14,"date":"2022-08-04 12:03:09","modified":"2022-08-04 12:03:09","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1440,"height":960,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BPS-view-from-bubbles-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BPS-view-from-bubbles-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BPS-view-from-bubbles-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BPS-view-from-bubbles-1024x683.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":683,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BPS-view-from-bubbles.jpg","1536x1536-width":1440,"1536x1536-height":960,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BPS-view-from-bubbles.jpg","2048x2048-width":1440,"2048x2048-height":960,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BPS-view-from-bubbles.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":18,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"fullscreen":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BPS-view-from-bubbles.jpg","fullscreen-width":1440,"fullscreen-height":960,"gallery-thumb":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BPS-view-from-bubbles-616x616.jpg","gallery-thumb-width":616,"gallery-thumb-height":616,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BPS-view-from-bubbles.jpg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":300,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":200,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BPS-view-from-bubbles.jpg","gform-image-choice-md-width":400,"gform-image-choice-md-height":267,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/thechimneylift.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BPS-view-from-bubbles.jpg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":600,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":400}}},"text":{"side":"right","color":"yellow","headline":"Explore Battersea","subheading":"","paragraph":"
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The experience continues on to a new pedestrianised high street, Electric Boulevard, which offers a mix of office space, shops, bars and restaurants, a park, community hub and an exciting new 164 room hotel from art\u2019otel, the brand\u2019s first hotel to open in London.<\/p>\n","button":{"title":"Read more","url":"https:\/\/batterseapowerstation.co.uk\/","target":"_blank"}},"video":{"color":"fog","poster":false,"youtube_id":""},"tickets":{"color":"fog","headline":"Popular tickets","posts":null,"subheading":"More ticket packages available","button":null},"spotlights":{"headline":"More about your visit","pages":[{"ID":2,"post_author":"1","post_date":"2022-05-16 13:17:42","post_date_gmt":"2022-05-16 13:17:42","post_content":"\r\n
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