Electric House

The supply of electricity in Battersea dates from 1901, when a power station situated on Lombard Street, near the River Thames, commissioned by Battersea Vestry under the Battersea Electric Lighting Order, 1896, was completed by Battersea Borough Council. The power station initially supplied direct current, used for diverse purposes including street lighting and tramway power. In 1915 its design was amended to supply alternating current, and it was linked, first to power stations at Hammersmith and Fulham, and later to the nascent National Grid. Battersea Council took the initiative, in the late 1920s, to commission an electricity showroom to encourage uptake of the new technology within…