barking

Introduction This site has been around for years, I was very surprised when I found out it had been disused since the seventies, it has fared very well. It has been posted numerous times before but became quite popular again last year and decided to take a look with @Wastelandr. He had visited...

BARKING CONTROL ROOM THE HISTORY: Barking A Power Station was opened by King George V in 1925 and boasted eight small Parsons turbines. It was designed to take over from Barking Town Urban District Council’s power station and, at the time of construction, was the largest plant in Britain to...