Price, S. (2017). BARKING POWER STATION, RIVER ROAD, CREEKMOUTH, LONDON BOROUGH OF BARKING AND DAGENHAM HISTORIC BUILDINGS RECORD (HISTORIC ENGLAND LEVEL 3). Archaeology South-East. https://doi.org/10.5284/1075244. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 BARKING POWER STATION, RIVER ROAD, CREEKMOUTH, LONDON BOROUGH OF BARKING AND DAGENHAM HISTORIC BUILDINGS RECORD (HISTORIC ENGLAND LEVEL 3)
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Series:		 Archaeology South East unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 In January 2017 Archaeology South-East (a division of the Centre for Applied Archaeology, UCL) carried out a programme of historic building recording (HE Level 3) at Barking Power Station, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (NGR: 546433 181858). The work was commissioned by CgMs Consulting. Barking Power Station was the first super power station to be constructed in the UK; the largest in Europe. The control room building forms one of the last vestiges of the power station. The building is loosely classical in dimensions and at first glance, though drawing upon the Art Deco movement. The building formed the control hub of the site, from where the operation of Stations A and B and the grid the stations served could be supervised. The building comprises a western range dating to 1925, and an eastern range dating to c.1932. The size and production capability of the station allowed it to serve an area far larger than earlier imagined, and paved the way for the 1926 Electricity Supply Act which culminated in the creation of the National Grid. The eventual decline of the power station, with the stations all being decommissioned by 1981, reflects the rising costs of coal- and oil-fired stations, improvements in technology, and an increasing environmental conscience; gas and nuclear power had become a more viable alternative. During its time Barking Power Station transformed the local area; from an area of open wasteland to a thriving industrial landscape inhabited by large factories, stores, and post-1930s suburban housing developments.
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Author:		 Steve Price
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Publisher:		 Archaeology South-East
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2017
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Site: BARKING POWER STATION, RIVER ROAD, CREEKMOUTH
County: Greater London
District: Barking and Dagenham
Parish: BARKING
Country: England
Grid Reference: 546435, 181859 (Easting, Northing)
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20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) CONTROL ROOM (Monument Type England)
BUILDING SURVEY (Event)
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OASIS Id: archaeol6-277204
OBIB: 2017058
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Created Date:		 07 Apr 2020