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Widdrington Road, COVENTRY, CV1 4EU

This site used to house a garage and small petrol station. You can see where the pavement has been lowered for cars to enter and leave the forecourt of the former petrol station. The houses in the background are in Somerset Road.

The converted turbine house of Coventry's Victorian electric power station at Electric Wharf, viewed from the Sandy Lane side.

Residential units made to look like industrial buildings, a reversal of the normal trend. The lower part of the building includes commercial units, making use of some original structure, the upper stories comprise residential units, including student accommodation.

Part of Electric Wharf, the name given to the early 2000s commercial and residential redevelopment of the 1895 Sandy Lane Power Station, situated alongside the Coventry Canal.

The industrial looking buildings round the bend of the canal are the former Coventry electricity generating plant, dating from the late 19th century. It has been refurbished in recent years and converted to a variety of live-work spaces and apartments, known collectively as Electric Wharf.

Part of the old electricity generating plant, now converted to a mix of commercial offices, live-work space and apartments. Viewed from the footpath by the canal.

The buildings from Coventry's Victorian electric power station in Sandy Lane were retained when the site was converted to a mixed use residential and business site known as Electric Wharf. This is the end wall of the turbine house and the text reads: "Resolved that application be made to the Board of Trade for a provisional order under the Electric Lighting Acts 1882 and 1888 authorising the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of Coventry to create and maintain Electric Lines and produce, store, supply and distribute Electricity for public and private purposes within the City of Coventry and that all proceedings heretofore taken in that behalf be confirmed. 10 February 1891 City of Coventry Resolution"

A group of Geograph members on a walk along the canal are being provided with information about the new Electric Wharf development. This comprises commercial and residential development of a former power station. The modern footbridge is a replacement for an earlier structure.

This footbridge, opened in 2006, connects the Electric Wharf development (the former Coventry power station) to the council depot on the opposite side of the Coventry Canal.