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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Thomas Kingsley

Battersea Power Station set to reopen after 10-year development

Jason Hawkes

London's Battersea Power Station reopens next week as a new hub of offices, flats, restaurants and shops after decades of failed attempts to reinvigorate one of the capital's most iconic buildings.

The 1930s power station once supplied a fifth of London's electricity, including to Buckingham Palace and parliament, but is better known for featuring alongside a floating inflatable pig on the cover of Pink Floyd's 1977 album “Animals”.

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