Battersea Power Station

decommissioned coal-fired power station in London, now in use as a premium shopping centre
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Battersea Power Station

Summary

Battersea Power Station is a coal-fired power station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.31% of coal_fired_power_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,253 views/month, #1 of 327).[2]

Key Facts

  • Battersea Power Station is located in London Borough of Wandsworth[3].
  • Battersea Power Station is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Battersea Power Station's image is recorded as Battersea Power Station, London-22May2010.jpg[5].
  • Battersea Power Station's architect is recorded as Giles Gilbert Scott[6].
  • Battersea Power Station's commissioned by is recorded as London Power Company[7].
  • Battersea Power Station's architectural style is recorded as Art Deco[8].
  • Battersea Power Station's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 316746912[9].
  • Battersea Power Station's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2005006020[10].
  • Battersea Power Station's IdRef ID is recorded as 19788945X[11].
  • Battersea Power Station's location is recorded as Battersea[12].
  • Battersea Power Station's designed by is recorded as Leonard Pearce[13].
  • Battersea Power Station's has use is recorded as shopping center[14].
  • Battersea Power Station's Commons category is recorded as Battersea Power Station[15].
  • Battersea Power Station's Structurae structure ID is recorded as 20006911[16].
  • Battersea Power Station's OS grid reference is recorded as TQ2894577506[17].
  • Battersea Power Station's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.4811, 'lon': -0.144444}[18].
  • Battersea Power Station's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0xsq6[19].
  • Battersea Power Station's service retirement is recorded as +1983-00-00T00:00:00Z[20].
  • Battersea Power Station's official website is recorded as https://batterseapowerstation.co.uk/[21].
  • Battersea Power Station's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 000597341[22].
  • Battersea Power Station's fuel system is recorded as coal[23].
  • Battersea Power Station's National Heritage List for England number is recorded as 1357620[24].
  • Battersea Power Station's heritage designation is recorded as Grade II* listed building[25].
  • Battersea Power Station's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6930650[26].
  • Battersea Power Station's date of official opening is recorded as +1933-00-00T00:00:00Z[27].

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Geography

Battersea Power Station is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in London Borough of Wandsworth[3].

Designation and Status

Battersea Power Station's heritage designation is recorded as Grade II* listed building[25].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Battersea Power Station include it tube station[28], a London Underground station[29], in United Kingdom[30].

Why It Matters

Battersea Power Station ranks in the top 0.31% of coal_fired_power_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,253 views/month, #1 of 327).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for it include it tube station[28], a London Underground station[29], in United Kingdom[30].

References

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  1. [4] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [3] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Library of Congress Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . list.english-heritage.org.uk. list.english-heritage.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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