Cathedrals of power: Philadelphia's abandoned turbine halls – in pictures
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The Philadelphia Electric Company built enormous metropolitan power stations at the turn of the 20th century. Now vacant and decaying, these buildings are a blight in the eyes of some city planners – and a beacon to urban explorers
- Palazzos of Power by Aaron V Wunsch and Joseph E B Elliott is published by Princeton Architectural Press
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Richmond station’s turbine hall
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Rheostat variable resistors in the Somerset substation
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The turbine hall in Chester station
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Lamokin substation’s operating console
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A partially disassembled condenser in Richmond station’s turbine hall
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A view of the boiler houses in Delaware station
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Delaware station’s turbine hall
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Breaker cabinets in Somerset substation
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The turbogenerator unit in Richmond station’s turbine hall
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Somerset substation, breaker cabinets and rotary converters
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