Deptford Creek Bridge: power cables
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Deptford Creek Bridge: power cables
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 1 Dec 2009
During November/December 2009, National Grid engineers were relaying high voltage power cables along Creek Road. Because of the lifting bridge Image the cables have to go down into a tunnel under the river. The reason for there being so many HV cables at this location is that there used to be a power station close by (originally Ferranti's plant of 1891, allegedly the largest electrical power station in the world at the time; its successor only closed in 1983).
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Image Location
Latitude
51.481294
Longitude
-0.016803