A Walk Along the Thames

Grosvenor Railway Bridge and Battersea Power Station

In 1860, Grosvenor Bridge, the first railway bridge over the Thames in London, was opened. The bridge delivered trains to the new Victoria Station.

Battersea Power Station

Behind the bridge is Battersea Power Station. The station started suppling electricity to London in 1933 (using two of the four chimneys that you can see in the previous picture). The power station continued expanding, but was not completed until 1953. A listed building, Battersea Power Station was closed in 1983. There have been various development proposals for the site, but none had been approved as of 1997.