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The Battersea Park funfair disaster happened in Battersea Park, London, on 30 May 1972; five children died and thirteen others were injured when a wooden roller coaster train came off its tracks. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A report on the roller coaster after the crash found 51 faults on the ride.
The Battersea Park Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 38) was passed in 1846 and £200,000 was promised for the purchase of the land. The Commission for Improving the Metropolis acquired 320 acres of Battersea fields, of which 198 acres became Battersea Park, opened in 1858, and the remainder was let on building leases.
Battersea is a large district in southwest London, part of the London Borough of Wandsworth, England. It is centred 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southwest of Charing Cross it also extends along the south bank of the Thames Tideway. It includes the 200-acre (0.81 km 2) Battersea Park.
Decorative arch at the site of Battersea Park Road station. Battersea Park Road railway station in Battersea, South London was opened by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway in 1867. It closed in 1916 along with other inner-London stations on the Main Line. [3] Battersea Park railway station, nearby on a different line from London Victoria ...
The boating lake was a key feature of Battersea Park, designed in the 1850s by James Pennethorne. [2] It is built of English bond brown brick with rusticated quoin strips and stucco dressings, and has a hipped Welsh slate roof. [3] The front 4-storey bay has 'VR/1861' set in a stone roundel above a keyed stone semi-circular arched doorway. [4]
London ePrix was held in the Battersea Park Street Circuit in the first two seasons. The first two editions of the London ePrix took place at the Battersea Park Street Circuit, a temporary street circuit at Battersea Park in London, England. The track was 2.922 km (1.816 mi) in length and featured 17 turns.
Three Standing Figures 1947 (LH 268) is a large stone sculpture by Henry Moore.It was made in 1947–48, and exhibited at London County Council's first Open-Air Sculpture Exhibition at Battersea Park in 1948.
Battersea Park is a suburban railway station in the London Borough of Wandsworth, south London. It is at the junction of the South London line and the Brighton Main Line (although the physical connection between the lines has been removed), 1 mile 23 chains (2.1 km) measured from London Victoria .