Greenwich Power Station from the PS Waverley
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Greenwich Power Station from the PS Waverley by Ashley Dace as part of the Geograph project.
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Greenwich Power Station from the PS Waverley
Image: © Ashley Dace Taken: 30 Sep 2010
The ex-steam (coal-fired) power station now runs on gas but only as a quick-start backup to the London Underground. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Power_Station A green laser beam is to the right of the chimneys (it is faint), this is marking the point of the Greenwich Observatory. Seen from the PS Waverley.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.484669
Longitude
-0.003694