Bankside Power Station

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Bankside Power Station is a former oil-fired power station on London’s South Bank, best known today as the converted industrial building that houses the Tate Modern art museum.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former power station
industrial building
oil-fired power station
architect Giles Gilbert Scott
architecturalStyle brick industrial architecture
buildingMaterial brick
category Buildings and structures on the River Thames
Former power stations in the United Kingdom
Industrial buildings in London
Oil-fired power stations in England
Power stations in London
commissioned 1952
constructionEnd 1963
constructionStart 1947
conversionToMuseumCompleted 2000
country United Kingdom
currentUse Tate Modern
surface form: Tate Modern building

art museum building
decommissioned 1981
designedFor electricity generation
floorCount several industrial levels including turbine hall
fuelType oil
gridConnection National Grid
hasTurbineHall Tate Modern
surface form: Turbine Hall of Tate Modern
heightOfChimney 99 metres
heritageStatus landmark industrial building in London
locatedIn Bankside
England
London, England
surface form: London

South Bank of the River Thames
surface form: South Bank

United Kingdom
locatedInBorough London Borough of Southwark NERFINISHED
locatedOpposite St Paul's Cathedral
surface form: St Paul’s Cathedral
nearbyLandmark Millennium Bridge London
surface form: Millennium Bridge

The Globe Theatre
surface form: Shakespeare’s Globe
notableFeature large turbine hall
single central chimney
numberOfChimneys 1
occupant Tate Modern
operatorDuringOperation Central Electricity Generating Board
originalName Bankside Power Station self-link
ownerDuringOperation Central Electricity Generating Board
partOf post-war reconstruction of London
previousFuelType coal
redevelopedAs Tate Modern
regionServed London area
situatedOn River Thames NERFINISHED

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Giles Gilbert Scott designed Bankside Power Station
Boiler House formerName Bankside Power Station
this entity surface form: Bankside Power Station boiler house
Tate Modern formerName Bankside Power Station
Turbine Hall formerlyPartOf Bankside Power Station
Bankside hasLandmark Bankside Power Station
this entity surface form: Bankside Power Station (former)
Giles Gilbert Scott notableWork Bankside Power Station
Bankside Power Station originalName Bankside Power Station self-link