Soho Foundry buildings, power house site
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Soho Foundry buildings, power house site by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
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Soho Foundry buildings, power house site
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 5 Sep 2019
The power house occupied the space in front of the wall with the three blocked windows. The power house generated electricity for the site. Initially there were steam engines driving DC generators which powered arc lights in critical section of the foundry. Following World War 2, Siemens diesel generating sets were installed, taken out of impounded German submarines. In its final stage, it became a substation taking power from the grid. Taken on the occasion of a guided tour of the site, which the tour organiser informed us would probably be the last time such a tour would be possible.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.497366
Longitude
-1.950464