London Borough of Hackney
Electricity generating sub station.
Transformer station for tramway system. Designed in 1905 by Vincent Harris. Architect with London County Council. Built 1905 - 07.
This building is extremely similar to one in Islington Upper Street, opposite Lloyds Bank.
EC2, Rivington Street
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Electricity sub station
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Electricity sub station
Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils ...
The 7 plaques are on different faces of the frontage of the building. We've numbered them left to right. Plaque 3 can be seen in our phot...
The St Olave inscription is below the central ground floor window, behind the bike rack. The other memorial/information board is in front...
Quoted from Charles Dickens' preface to Little Dorrit.
Charles Morgan, 1894 - 1958, novelist and critic, lived and died here. English Heritage
Betty Knight, 1936 - 2010, champion for the rights of Islington residents, lived here from 1976 - 2010. London Borough of Islington Islin...
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