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Belvedere Power Station

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Belvedere Power Station was an oil-fired 480 MW power station on the river Thames at Belvedere, south-east London. It was commissioned in 1960 and operated for 26 years. It was decommissioned in 1986 and was subsequently demolished in 1993–94. The site has been redeveloped as industrial warehouses, although the fuelling jetty is extant.

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Belvedere Power Station
Crabtree Manorway North, London Lower Belvedere (London Borough of Bexley)

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Crabtree Manorway North
DA17 6LJ London, Lower Belvedere (London Borough of Bexley)
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