Electricity substation building
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Electricity substation building by Robin Webster as part of the Geograph project.
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Electricity substation building
Image: © Robin Webster Taken: 22 Jan 2011
Built largely over the slope of the railway cutting, it seems likely this was for the electrification of the railway as part of the tube system. This never happened, the project being abandoned after WWII. Since this photograph the building has been converted into the Cape Play and Youth Centre.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.573943
Longitude
-0.122163