At its peak, London's Battersea Power Station produced a fifth of post-war London’s power and its iconic architecture made it one of the most recognised landmarks in the UK.

The first phase of construction began in 1929, with the station generating power by 1933. This phase alone cost £2.1 million, or £116 million ($155m) in today's money. Work for the second phase of construction – the third and fourth chimneys – was finished 20 years later.

By the 1970s, however, the station faced rising costs and falling output, along with the negative health impacts of burning coal. It closed in 1983. And while the possibility of converting it into a theme park was explored, nothing came to fruition. The station sat abandoned for decades.

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