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5 June 2017
Battersea Power Station Chimney Rebuild
Battersea Power Station’s Iconic Chimneys Rebuild Complete Using Original Methods
ICONIC CHIMNEYS REBUILD COMPLETE USING ORIGINAL METHODS
5th of June 2017 – Battersea Power Station?s four iconic chimneys have been rebuilt using the same construction technique as when they first graced London?s skyline.
Since the first pour on May 14th 2015, nearly 25,000 wheelbarrow loads of concrete have been handpoured into the chimneys that each stand 51 metres tall.
The final pour of concrete into the North West chimney, marking the completion of the Battersea Power Station chimney rebuild:
photo : Ashton Keiditsch
Rather than use a hose to pour the concrete, it was decided to replicate the original construction methods and 680 tonnes of concrete was lifted in a hoist to the top of the chimney, transferred into wheelbarrows and then hand poured into the structures.
The rings that can be seen around the new chimneys, and that could also be seen around the old ones, are formed by using a ?Jump Form? shuttering method. Using steel and timber, the metal rings are filled with concrete then moved up and filled again.
Overall, the hoist has travelled the equivalent of 21 miles, lifting the concrete to the eight workers waiting on boards hig...